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- Dag 19
- torsdag 8. september 2016 10:44
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Høyde: 139 m
FrankrikeIll48°39’54” N 7°53’24” E
gravy train
8. september 2016, Frankrike ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
So we rode on this path that is the car testing road for GM motors... Flat asphalt... so I was enjoying actually getting to use some of my higher gears...and I turn around because I thought SherelleLes mer
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- Dag 19
- torsdag 8. september 2016 19:42
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Høyde: 119 m
- FrankrikeRoppenheim48°50’36” N 8°3’18” E
Roppenheim
8. september 2016, Frankrike ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
So accommodation in Roppenheim which is a bit off the path but good option for the evening
53kms today (which felt easy)
Beers and yummy dinner!
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- Dag 20
- fredag 9. september 2016 09:11
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Høyde: 102 m
- FrankrikeSaarbach48°55’6” N 8°8’54” E
Hello Rhine
9. september 2016, Frankrike ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
We left Roppenheim early (well early for me) and went back towards the Rhine.
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- fredag 9. september 2016 10:20
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Høyde: 102 m
TysklandNeue Lauter48°58’42” N 8°15’18” E
Goodbye France
9. september 2016, Tyskland ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
So we said Goodbye to France as we crossed river back to Germany...then to ride on flood dykes in to Karlsruhe
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- fredag 9. september 2016 13:40
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Høyde: 118 m
- TysklandSüdstadt49°0’1” N 8°24’15” E
Hello Karlsruhe
9. september 2016, Tyskland ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Arrived before lunch after a short 43km ride...
We reunited with Illy (yey!)
Sheril put her bike in the shop to get fixed
We did a puzzle room (it was great)
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- Dag 20
- fredag 9. september 2016 18:49
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Høyde: 129 m
- TysklandSüdweststadt49°0’24” N 8°23’30” E
SJP bike
9. september 2016, Tyskland ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Sheril got a new wheel!
This post is dedicated to her having a fully functioning (and 60% new) bike
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- Dag 20
- fredag 9. september 2016 21:17
- 🌙 21 °C
- Høyde: 118 m
- TysklandKarlsruhe Schloss49°0’48” N 8°24’12” E
another city, another light show
9. september 2016, Tyskland ⋅ 🌙 21 °C
So we were treated to another awesome light show this time on the Karlsruhe castle (schloss). Twas pretty cool!
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- Dag 21
- lørdag 10. september 2016 07:56
- ☀️ 15 °C
- Høyde: 108 m
- TysklandJohann-Peter-Hebel-Denkmal Karlsruhe49°0’54” N 8°24’12” E
out of town
10. september 2016, Tyskland ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
So all six (hooray!) had early start and went on our way, passing the castle and on to see our friend the Rhine...
Easy paths to follow again today
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- Dag 21
- lørdag 10. september 2016 09:09
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Høyde: 83 m
- TysklandMichels Bach49°7’0” N 8°21’54” E
another day another ferry
10. september 2016, Tyskland ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Crossed river at leimersheim and head on to Speyer
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- Dag 21
- lørdag 10. september 2016 12:40
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Høyde: 93 m
- TysklandSpeyer49°18’48” N 8°26’48” E
technik museum
10. september 2016, Tyskland ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
So we spent bit of time looking around Speyer Technik Museum...
Lots of engines, cars, trains, planes, tractors, boats, spacecraft... Pretty cool (but actually it was very hot today)
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- Dag 21
- lørdag 10. september 2016 17:30
- ☀️ 30 °C
- Høyde: 91 m
- TysklandOtterstadt49°22’18” N 8°27’6” E
Otterstadt
10. september 2016, Tyskland ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Then rode to stay in Otterstadt....
We did 60km today
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- Dag 22
- søndag 11. september 2016 11:38
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Høyde: 85 m
- TysklandOtterstadt49°21’21” N 8°27’23” E
Rest day in Otterstadt
11. september 2016, Tyskland ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Relaxing day off the bikes, with slow start and then visiting the local lake for swim and games in arvo
So I did some math today... and my total kms stands at 729km (over half way!)
I have aLes mer
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- Dag 23
- mandag 12. september 2016 09:30
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Høyde: 78 m
- TysklandAltrip49°26’28” N 8°30’2” E
up the road to Altrip
12. september 2016, Tyskland ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
So all 6 set out from Otterstadt up the river though we were next to dykes and through forests for first portion of ride.
We crossed the river at Altrip by ferry
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- Dag 23
- mandag 12. september 2016 10:47
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Høyde: 89 m
- TysklandMannheim University49°28’54” N 8°27’30” E
on to Manneheim
12. september 2016, Tyskland ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
We crossed the river again by bridge at Mannheim
So we got caught up in some epic roadworks around BASF plant in Ludwigshafen (the plant being really more like a mini city, and I probably should ofLes mer
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- mandag 12. september 2016 15:02
- ☀️ 30 °C
- Høyde: 101 m
- TysklandDom St. Peter zu Worms49°37’48” N 8°21’36” E
to Worms
12. september 2016, Tyskland ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Anyhoo we made it to Worms and enjoyed the arvo there...
We did 48kms today
Worms is fairly interesting town when it comes to religion... Martin Luther (Gilands can help anyone out who is confusedLes mer
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- Dag 23
- mandag 12. september 2016 19:57
- 🌙 27 °C
- Høyde: 97 m
- TysklandWorms49°37’36” N 8°21’36” E
sign of the (wormy) times
12. september 2016, Tyskland ⋅ 🌙 27 °C
Here are some signs from today...
(And I ate worms for lunch Emilie and Alina...)
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- Dag 24
- tirsdag 13. september 2016 09:21
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Høyde: 82 m
- TysklandGoldberg49°44’54” N 8°19’60” E
out of worms
13. september 2016, Tyskland ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
So all 6 had a very very early start today...
Sheril lead us out of Worms
We saw our Rhine (aka Ryan) only a couple times today
Lots of vineyards today
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- tirsdag 13. september 2016 11:23
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Høyde: 83 m
- TysklandFocken Berg49°52’42” N 8°20’24” E
on to Neirstein
13. september 2016, Tyskland ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
So we continued up to Nierstein
Today was hot!
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- tirsdag 13. september 2016 17:22
- ☀️ 32 °C
- Høyde: 92 m
- TysklandWickerbach49°59’36” N 8°24’50” E
Rüsselsheim
13. september 2016, Tyskland ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
So we staying in Russelsheim... (In a weird little apartment)
There is a conference on in Frankfurt that has taken all the accommodation in a 35km radius
(We wanted to stay in Mainz)... We went to toLes mer
Emma Nicholls
Now those are definitely fluffy ball gums for sure. Or perhaps how it is pronounced in German - flauschigen Kugel Gummi
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- Dag 25
- onsdag 14. september 2016 09:21
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Høyde: 77 m
- TysklandEltville50°1’18” N 8°6’36” E
Romance town
14. september 2016, Tyskland ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
So last night wasnt great...
I think we can safely say that will be our most expensive but easily the crappiest accommodation for our trip...
Everyone had a pretty average (and very sweaty)Les mer
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- onsdag 14. september 2016 11:20
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Høyde: 81 m
- TysklandTrechtingshausen50°0’18” N 7°51’18” E
Castle town
14. september 2016, Tyskland ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
We crossed the river to Bingen (by ferry), and we entered in to a world of castles at every new bend and turn..
So picturesque!
We headed up river to Bacharach (which is where the photo of red andLes mer
Ian Gilmour
Just want to put some age of empires archers and catapults on those defence steps :p
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- onsdag 14. september 2016 12:32
- ☀️ 28 °C
- Høyde: 122 m
- TysklandGründel-Bach50°9’14” N 7°42’22” E
Sankt Goar
14. september 2016, Tyskland ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Then on to Sankt Goar...
We did 68kms today...
The others were not far behind... (Sherelle had a flat today)
Our accommodation has very adequate air flow so all are happy.
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- Dag 26
- torsdag 15. september 2016 10:35
- ⛅ 23 °C
- Høyde: 150 m
- TysklandGründel-Bach50°9’12” N 7°42’18” E
Rest day in Sankt Goar
15. september 2016, Tyskland ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
After a late start, we then dropped our bikes off for service and caught the train up the hill to visit the castle.
Relaxing day!!
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- Dag 27
- fredag 16. september 2016 10:11
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Høyde: 54 m
- TysklandSpay50°15’12” N 7°38’54” E
on the River
16. september 2016, Tyskland ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
So all six of us headed out of St Goar...
We got a couple of kms out and Berns bike continued making its funny clunking noise, so the Parrotts headed back with Bern (to see Richard the bike shop guy),Les mer
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- Dag 27
- fredag 16. september 2016 12:13
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Høyde: 38 m
- TysklandMoselle River50°21’42” N 7°36’18” E
Add in Mosel
16. september 2016, Tyskland ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
So we continued cycling on a lovely path up river, on to Koblenz...
Here we saw where the Rhine and Mosel Rivers join
Reisende
My bike by the Rhine
Ian GilmourEeeasy Street!