I got a stinking cold the evening before, so changed my plans slightly. So I did not go so far today and on Thursday will take the train for a stretch. Haver to stay flexible and adaptable. Today was the perfect stretch and weather for anybody not feeling too well: mostly along the Main-Danube-canal and … Read more
The night in the tent was not too bad, but I was up and away by 7:00. Finally I found a bakery, and it was actually open, so breakfast was saved. Apparently it has been a real problem these last thirty years or so, that the villages are losing all their infrastructure regarding shops and … Read more
Got started at 9:00 and knew I had a fair bit of climbing ahead of me. Hadn’t realised how much, in the end it was over 830m. Followed the Werra for long stretches again, very much the former border region between East and West. No tourism worth mentioning, especially hardly any restaurants. Was lucky to … Read more
What a sunny day! Still too cool for T-Shirt only, but I caught the sun on my forehead. For breakfast I had some of the honey we were given as a present in Hanover – well, it needs eating and gives energy. As Bad Gandersheim is not directly on the Leine I took a slightly … Read more
I had managed to take my bike along to Hanover by train, where we had a Kreistag delegation trip. After three fully packed days I set off by bike to get back home, the others returned by train. I started off by going to and then along the Maschsee, which I had seen from above … Read more
This was our third night in a row in a different Bundesland, Frankfurt is in Hessen, Obernburg in Bavaria and Wertheim in Baden-Württemberg. Here is when we re -entered Bavaria. Cold again, and grey. We were wearing basically all our layers. And again we were the only cyclists, which was very pleasant, as we were … Read more
It was grey all day, no sun to be seen. Cycling all day is quite strenuous at just above 0°C, we noticed. Luckily the route along the Main is very flat. Not so many pictures, as we were wearing gloves all day. So the first part of today’s route was part of the Limes, so … Read more
As Phil was in Frankfurt for work, we decided to cycle part of the Main bike route during a long weekend. With the famous skyline behind us we started while it was still grey. There was good and bad cycling signposting. Lots to see along the Main. The weather was great. Wonderful backdrop for Seligenstadt. … Read more
Another nice breakfast in a hotel, they do know what they are doing. Got going a bit later, as Phil tried out the fitness room – as if cycling over 70km was not enough. The beginning of the trip was very undulating, some quite steep hills, including an 18% incline coming out of a river … Read more
Phil is on holiday, and I can be very flexible with my work time. There is no snow, so no skiing or Langlauf possible, so we decided to cycle to Bad Endorf and enjoy the thermal pool there. After a couple of hours of work we left heading for a beautiful sunrise. The beginning of … Read more