We shopped for lunch in Kehl market the next morning. The cheese stall man told us the piece we selected was made by Bavarian Monks. As we left the outskirts of town, a hare overtook us on the verge. We followed the Rhein on top of the dam on the E. bank. At last there were large barges to watch, mostly carrying sand & gravel. In the quieter waters edge there were lots of swans & tufted ducks. We reached the bridge we hoped to cross to the French campsite, but found it was a retactable bridge, fully & permanently retracted! We took the nearest car ferry, which was fine until we reached the opposite bank, where the ramp was under 6 inches of filthy water. We were glad we had transferred our sleeping bags to the higher rear panniers.
We carry on the W. bank the next day (now both banks are in Germany), on a smooth tarmac cycle path through beech woods, glimpsing deer. Because the path is so good here, it is used by all sorts of cyclists, including tandems with the front part recumbent, recumbents operated by hand pedals, & a wheelchair tandem like the one Josie Dew cycled round Britain raising money for charity.
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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).