Author: david

110km today. I’m about 30km before Vienna. A damp start, which turned into rain shortly after setting off. A mixture of flatter and valley landscapes today, with plenty of nice churches and castles on the way Camping in Tulln tonight. They were setting up for a concert on the waterfront when we went past, so READ MORE

Another ~100km today (though the track stopped recording at one point, so I’m not quite sure how far). There was a little bit more of yesterday’s gorge before the landscape opened out again Went past a hydro power station shortly after setting off, and then reached another about 20km further on. There was a drop READ MORE

102km today.  Warm, but (fortunately) not quite as warm as it has been.   I set off from the small campsite and rejoined the river.  The start of the day was similar to yesterday – flat (presumably floodplain) farmland and flood protection banks. The path was soon following the river more closely giving nice views The READ MORE

105km today. This was a little more than I was planning, owing to some diversions on the Danube trail. Firstly, a nice view of Regensburg as I left this morning: It was a little fiddly leaving the city, but once I was out of it the river widened quite quickly To be blunt, a lot READ MORE

~90 km today. I woke up very early, given the traffic noise at the campsite, so was on the road by 07:30. The first part of today’s ride closely followed the motorway, so I didn’t get to avoid it even then. My path headed off east along the Altmuel after about 10km or so, where READ MORE

71km today. I started off quite late today, and began by following the Altmuehl, to Altmuehlsee. After this, I was following what I think is a water supply canal. At one point this disappears into a tunnel (built in the 1980s), and the path goes through the woods. Eventually I joined the Brombachsee – this READ MORE

85km today. A very early wake up call from the church in Laudenbach, which started ringing its bell at 6am. Was on the road by 8. A steady but rather long climb to start with; went on for at least a mile. Saw what was either a very large slow worm, or a silver snake READ MORE

~80km today, again rather unpleasantly hot, but nice scenery, and some hills. Last night’s campsite was part of a Canoe club, where they were holding a birthday party for (I assume) one of the members. So it was a bit noisy, but luckily I had ear plugs with me. They seemed to sing happy Birthday READ MORE

Quite a long day today – 101km. The weather was much cooler and I had a tail wind, which helped a lot. I was slightly dreading the navigation for this bit, as it was a bit off piste, and not following the River Main (essentially cutting the corner off and avoiding Frankfurt. I’m sure it’s READ MORE

I’d expected today to be fairly gentle, but it turned out to be quite tiring. It was about 65km, but the heat made it very difficult Then it was on to Mainz. I’m staying at a nice campsite just on the other side of the river. After setting up camp I took the bus into READ MORE