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 antiseptic

 paracetamol (or other painkiller)

 rehydration sachets

 fully charged mobile phone (local emergency number 112)

 EHIC (European Health Insurance Card), which allows access to local health services for free

Of course, it’s also important to know what to do with these items so, if you don’t already know, book yourself onto a first aid course.

Finally, food and drink are, obviously, essential additions to your backpack. You may have to carry your lunch with you if the route doesn’t take you past any hostelries but, in any case, you should always carry a few high-energy snacks with you as well as plenty of water. In the Alps of Slovenia, where it can be both hot and frustratingly free of streams, at least two litres would be a sensible precaution.

Waymarking

Many of the rides in this book make mention of waymarked routes and cycle route signs. While there is a wealth of marked routes, these signs cannot be relied on in general. The local municipalities are responsible for creating, maintaining and signing cycle routes; many of the municipalities are very good at this but, frustratingly, there is no national system for signage. So in Kobarid you might be following a blue circle with a white bike in it, and in Vipava you might be following a stylised orange cyclist. If you check in at the local tourist information centres they will be able to give you a good idea of how extensive the network of marked routes is in that area.