For the first time in weeks we had to pack up a wet tent in the morning drizzle. We kept to the German side of the Rhein as it had been such a good route thus far, but we were soon plunged into woods, & then a bike 'No-Entry' sign blocked our way. We ignored this (as we usually do), but were soon up to our pedals in mud, as they were logging.
Ten wasted miles later, after going round in circles, we gave up on Germany, taking a car-ferry to France, & soon were on a lovely clean tarmac towpath on the Rhein-Rhone Canal taking us easily to Strasbourg. We stopped to let a Mallard marshall her 9(!) tiddly-tiny ducklings across the path into the Rhein, then crossed back into Germany to camp at Kehl.
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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).