Phil and I had wanted to see the Landesgartenschau (garden show) in Freyung all summer, but this is now the last weekend… our last chance. So we took the train to Passau, where we arrived just before 17:00. Not long before the sun sets this time of year. We had booked a hotel in Röhrnbach, … Read more
It spat a couple of times during the day, but never enough to even think about rain gear – very unlike apparently in Ottobrunn, where they cancelled a planned bike tour. Ah well, sometimes you have to be to the right side of the clouds. Spent the morning mooching about Landshut. When we got into … Read more
Good breakfast, early start, dry all day – that’s the way I like it. The headwind was survivable. About twelve years ago Alex, Phil and I cycled down the Isar, I did stretches in the other direction today. Basically nothing has changed, the route is beautiful, but it is difficult to find anything to eat … Read more
Had a business trip to our plant in Teisnach in the Bavarian Woods, so I decided to take the train there and take the weekend to cycle back. In practice that meant setting off to cycle to the station at 4:30 in the morning. Just as well I set off early, as I realized about … Read more
It was not far from Gersthofen to the retreat in Leitershofen, but it was all through Augsburg. Luckily I had left as late as the hotel would let me, so I was not in the morning rush hour. As the weather forecast was for thunderstorms I decided to not cycle all the way back form … Read more
So, still feeling a bit under the weather (although the weather was beautifully sunny), so just cycled to Nuremberg station, got myself a bike ticket, as I already have a Deutschland-Ticket (€49-Ticket), and got the train to Donauwörth. In hindsight a good decision, as I did not feel up to much. There was a really … Read more
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