A good start to the day with fine weather, heading east over rolling countryside - you can almost imagine it's England in some kind of parallel universe. Making good progress, I was hoping to get to Belgrade today when I was hit in the face by some of the heaviest rain I've ever seen. Managed to hide from the worst if it in a bus shelter with half a dozen other people, but still completely soaked.

Carried on but so did the rain, so decided to stay in Rvati near Belgrade. Was beginning to give up hope of finding anything, when I found a little hotel. The guy was helpful but said they were full, then came back to me and said he had one room but it was only small. How big a room does a soaking wet cyclist need? By the time I had a shower and a nap the storm had cleared and the sun was out, so time to get coffee and check out the town!