We now choose to cross the Rhine into Germany & follow the E. bank, as on this side there is an unsurfaced but excellent cycle path right along the waters edge, separated by beech & oak woods from any development. No large vessels use this part of the Rhein, as there are electricity generating barrages across. A few yachts tack passed, & rather unsettlingly, a German Army Unit is practising with amphibious vehicles.
We camp in an orchard in the village of Hochstetten. A pair of Greater Spotted Woodpeckers pick ants off an ash tree trunk by our tent. We are stayinfg here 2 nights as tomorrow we are to cycle across the bridge at nearby Breisach to reach the French town of Colmar, another of those 'Thousand Places to see before you die'.
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- Sus and Mike
- In our retirement, cycling Europe (and elsewhere) before we get too old. This blog now has records of our tours of the UK (2007), Western Europe (2007/8), Australia (2008/9), UK to Hungary (2011), the Celtic Tour (spring 2012) and Pacific West Coast tour (Aug to Nov 2012).