The morning dawned clear though hazy. Up at 6.30am to pack up tents. We set off after breakfast riding through grassy meadows. We took some photos of the girls in the group standing in the flowers in the meadows. We passed through a number of small villages. At Tuttlingen we went to look for ruins of a castle up on a hill. John found them and photographed them for us! The rest of us did not make the climb up. There were lots of covered wooden bridges along the way, and many statues of Jesus, erected as a memorial to various deceased people. Every hour we could hear church bells ringing. Outside every village was a sign telling of the various churches and service/mass times.
We stopped for coffee at Immendigen, and lunch was at Mulheim. We saw the Wildenstein castle at Beuron. The Danube is not very wide at this stage. About 3/4 of the cycleway is sealed, the rest is fine gravel. There are a lot of flat sections but also quite a few hills. The trail goes through lots of forest and towards the end to the day we rode through high limestone cliffs. The track and the railroad both follow the river pretty closely.
About 8kms from camp we stopped for an icecream, as we needed to refuel before climbing the last 1.5km hill to Sigmaringen. Camp setting up and showers was next before we wandered into the town with Marilyn and Murray. We visited the local Catholic church, a magnificent example of a Baroque church. There is a castle beside the church, but unfortunately it was closed. Dinner was polenta and vegetables. As it was Marilyn's birthday today some of us also had a piece of cake. There was a school group of teenagers in the adjacent campsite who were making a lot of noise when we went to bed - yes, it was only 9pm - so we resorted to earplugs. There was also a lot of thunder in the distance so we hoped for a dry night!
Today distance was 96kms, on 5 hours 15 of riding.
We stopped for coffee at Immendigen, and lunch was at Mulheim. We saw the Wildenstein castle at Beuron. The Danube is not very wide at this stage. About 3/4 of the cycleway is sealed, the rest is fine gravel. There are a lot of flat sections but also quite a few hills. The trail goes through lots of forest and towards the end to the day we rode through high limestone cliffs. The track and the railroad both follow the river pretty closely.
About 8kms from camp we stopped for an icecream, as we needed to refuel before climbing the last 1.5km hill to Sigmaringen. Camp setting up and showers was next before we wandered into the town with Marilyn and Murray. We visited the local Catholic church, a magnificent example of a Baroque church. There is a castle beside the church, but unfortunately it was closed. Dinner was polenta and vegetables. As it was Marilyn's birthday today some of us also had a piece of cake. There was a school group of teenagers in the adjacent campsite who were making a lot of noise when we went to bed - yes, it was only 9pm - so we resorted to earplugs. There was also a lot of thunder in the distance so we hoped for a dry night!
Today distance was 96kms, on 5 hours 15 of riding.
1 comment:
Great reading as I am sitting in the lounge in Sydney for 6 hours waiting to head back to NYC.
Had a great time at home and was good to talk to you all.
Await for the next update.
Ride well
Michelle
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