{"id":660,"date":"2023-06-27T17:57:19","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T17:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/?p=660"},"modified":"2023-06-27T18:46:33","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T18:46:33","slug":"greeting-to-regensburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/06\/27\/greeting-to-regensburg\/","title":{"rendered":"Greding to Regensburg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

~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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My path headed off east along the Altmuel after about 10km or so, where things became much more peaceful. The path was closed for resurfacing in a few places, so I had to follow the road .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Finally leaving the motorway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At Dietfurt an der Altmuehl the Main-Donau Kanal (i.e. the canal between the river Main and the Danube) joined, and essentially subsumed the Altmuehl. I didn’t know there was a canal that joined them. Some research on Wiki-trave-guides reveals that it was only finished in 1992, construction having started in the 60s<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Main Donau canal. I’ve no idea what the boat was doing – it seemed to be driving straight into the bank the whole time I was there.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There was a predecessor canal – the Ludwig Donau Main Kanal, which closed in the 50s. You could still see where this was in places (in some places I guess the new canal was built over the top). I guess the new one is now the main Main Donal Kanal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You can see the old canal on the right<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

part of …[the old canal] has been filled in to build the new A73 motorway, including ironically the site of a monument celebrating the completion of the canal.<\/p>Wiki travel<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It was very scenic following the canal. The landscape reminded me of a larger version of the Avon Gorge east of Bristol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n