What a wet day! We followed a couple of river bike routes for a bit today, the Bayrisch- Schwäbische Roth and the Iller. In principle quite nice, but the wet gravel made it strenuous and dirty. We kept changing between Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, and discovered where Liebherr is based (Kirchdorf). After having arrived in Memmingen … Read more
Having left the hotel in an industrial estate we headed downhill quickly and steeply to get to Blaubeuren and the ‘Blauer Topf ‘. The monastry and old city were also very beautiful. Then we followed the stream Blau downhill to Ulm, very pleasant. Further along the Danube, where we had lunch in a beergarden in … Read more
Broke a record today, we climbed over 1000m to get on top of the Schwäbische Alb. The cycling started really nicely following a little stream out of Plieningen. Lots of horses and beautiful scenery. After our first climb of the day we dropped down to the Neckar just after Ploching, where we had our first … Read more
Got up really early to catch a train to Stuttgart, just to find out the train was cancelled. Had to wait over an hour for the next one. Luckily there was a space for my bike on that train. Met up with Phil in Stuttgart in time for lunch in beautiful weather, with a view … Read more
This is a beautiful stretch along the Main on a separate bike path, very pleasant. The first look of Marienberg frightened me, 150m above the Main, very steep. But luckily there is a quite rideable alternative ’round the back’. The castle is undergoing a lot of construction work at the moment, nevertheless we had a … Read more
Highlight of the day were two beautiful, long descents! We did climb about 450m as well, but just letting it roll down is such a magnificent feeling! The route was really beautiful in general again, bike paths or quiet roads away from cars most of the time. We went through many nice places, including lunch … Read more
Breakfast continued in the Bratwurst theme, there was strawberry jam with Bratwurst, apple jelly with Bratwurst, even Nutella with Bratwurst, on top of all the sausage on offer anyway. The day started on the beer path, and the way just got better. We followed thr Fränkische Rezat through a beautiful volleyball on roads with very … Read more
Did some quick washing before breakfast this morning, everything had dried by about lunch. But in general it was not as hot as yesterday. The Altmühl was very typical this morning, of course the bike paths were well signposted and we saw canoes. After leaving we followed the Schwarzach from Kinding. We actually recognised the … Read more
Started out well, following the Danube for a bit. The first climb was manageable, but it got hotter and hotter: temperatures between 35°C and 41°C were measured in the area we cycled through. Along the Schwarze Laaber it was quite pleasant, though. We found a very nice ‘Mühle’ (mill) to have a light lunch at. … Read more
We were going to leave a week ago, but life interfered. Now my parent’s flat in Fischbachau is sold and the furniture we and Alex wanted moved out. On top of everything my leather saddle ripped yesterday, after 35 years of stalwart service on two different bikes, and many thousands of km supporting me. So … Read more