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Konstanz
31 augusti 2016, Tyskland ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
So we headed in to Germany!!
Up to Meersburg and then we caught ferry over to Konstanz...
First day of everyone starting and finishing together.
We did 66kms today
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Meaghan BrownAmazing photos
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Deborah Hennessey Did you stop for wine?
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Deborah Hennessey The beer glasses seem to be getting larger as the trip progresses
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Random stuff
31 augusti 2016, Tyskland ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Resenär For Em...kipping is happening
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Resenär For Gib.... We did not head to is museum but thought you'd like this
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Resenär Gilands... It's currently 1 game to Bek, 1 game to Sheril
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Lake side
1 september 2016, Tyskland ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Today saw Dave have a semi rest day (opting for ferry), and the ladies enjoying a leisurely ride further round the lake
Lovely to start the morning with sun on my back
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Rhine Stone Cowboy
1 september 2016, Schweiz ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
We headed up to Stein am Rhein, which was a very cool old (well preserved) town...
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Ianthe GibsonSuch a quaint little town
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Emma NichollsVery, very cool!
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into the woods
1 september 2016, Schweiz ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
We spent a bit of time in woods today (off the lake path), but returned back to Rhine too... The water is much warmer and a more blue now!
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Emma Nicholls Love that they have one of these all just for bikes!
2016-09-17Svara
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Rhinefall
1 september 2016, Schweiz ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Looked over the falls...
So so so much water
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Ianthe Gibson Wow!
2016-09-02Svara
Meaghan Brown Yep, that's a path i suppose
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Emma Nicholls Very impressive!
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Emma Nicholls You are cute Bek!
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Jet set radio
1 september 2016, Tyskland ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Sheril and I headed back to Schaffhausen to meet Dave and then we headed to Jestetten where we are staying...
We did 71km today!
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Meaghan BrownThat makes me tired just thinking about 71kms🚴🚴 well done
2016-09-02Svara
Ian GilmourJet set radio future?
2016-09-03Svara
Resenär(you were the only one who would get it!)
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Rocking the suburbs
2 september 2016, Tyskland ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
So all 6 set out from Jestetten... we headed off through local suburbs and rolling fields...another sunny, beautiful day!
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Hit the brakes
2 september 2016, Schweiz ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Much to my delight we rolled upon a random bike repair shop (that was open) right on the track... My back brakes were in much need of replacement... The lovely guy put my bike on straight away and changed the brakes, and did a quick tune. I was so so happy!! (Hence why it gets its own post...Sucks to not have brakes on some of the hills we have done)Läs mer
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Ash PrakashHot? Single? Prepared to move his life and business to the admittedly less picturesque Alex hills?
2016-09-02Svara
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Waldshut
2 september 2016, Tyskland ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
We stopped in Walshut for lunch
Ian Gilmour That's a bush pee if I've ever seen one
2016-09-03Svara
Resenär Hahaha.... Sprung
2016-09-04Svara
Deborah Hennessey The expert eye of Ian spots the tree pee
2016-09-06Svara
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Luttingen
2 september 2016, Tyskland ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Then on to Luttingen to our hotel riding alongside the Rhine a bit...
We did 54km today
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Emma Nicholls Nice empty glass photo :-)
2016-09-17Svara
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St Blasien
3 september 2016, Tyskland ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Day off the bikes to sleep in, do my washing (yey!) and visit St Blasien Dome and take a walk in the black forrest. Very relaxing day.

Everyone is doing well
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Emma Nicholls Nice hats ladies! And faces!
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Flowers
3 september 2016, Tyskland ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
One of the things I have enjoyed a lot so far are the flowers everywhere. Lots of houses have flower boxes with colourful hanging flowers, beautiful gardens, flowers on most drinking fountains and gardens on the sidewalk....
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Veronnika Twons Loving the photos AND the blog, Bek. Thanks so much. Please thank Sheril for her advice yesterday...got the Ap working PERFECTLY now!
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Resenär Nice to have you Veroneka 😁
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Resenär Glad you can check in Verona 😘
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Emma Nicholls Wow!
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Bad Säckingen (Toi toi toi)
4 september 2016, Tyskland ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
So again all six hit the road, we headed down the Rhine with first stop in Bad Säckingen which has a lovely covered bridge and a cool church which we popped inside and had a look-see before the service started.
It was near perfect timing because the bells started ringing about 15mins before service started (and just kept going). As we were leaving many people started flooding in to the square and to the church.
A lovely old lady (dressed in Sunday best with a hat) said to me "Toi toi toi" which is good luck (for our journey).Läs mer
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Deborah Hennessey Wow!!
2016-09-06Svara
Ianthe Gibson Looks like a postcard!
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Emma Nicholls This is amazing!
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Rheinfelden
4 september 2016, Schweiz ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
We stopped just short of Rheinfelden for lunch. Lots of todays track was through forestry path along the river. Heaps of families out having BBQs and swimming in the water.
It was a cooler day today with lots of cloud cover which made for very pleasant ridingLäs mer
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Resenär Sherelle when she realised one of her lunch rolls had fallen out of her backpack somewhere on the track. #devo
2016-09-04Svara
Resenär With my ride....
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Dan Brown What a giant hat!
2016-09-04Svara
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Ruins (and the dumps)
4 september 2016, Schweiz ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
So we rode through some old Roman ruins (which had a concert on)... pretty cool

And then on to Basel...
So no one likes Basel
No one wants to stay in Basel
And especially... no one wants to ride through Basel....
As a group, we aren't great at big cities because they are confusing (and a bike path on a 80km/hr road... is still on a 80km/hr road)...
So I will call Basel the dumps mainly because we all got a bit exasperated trying to simply pass from one side of it to the other (just a tiny blemish on an otherwise lovely day)
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Resenär This one is for the nieces and nephews... So Joshy... I thought dinosaurs were extinct but this one was just hanging out in a park just outside Basel.... I asked him but he didnt know Steggie...
2016-09-04Svara
Megan Gilmour Alina's words "A dinosaur!! I love that dinosaur!
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Huningue
4 september 2016, Frankrike ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
So we made it to France!
65km today (woohoo!)
In Huningue tonight
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Veronnika Twons Your photos & story telling are FANTASTIC Bek.
2016-09-04Svara
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A rainy start
5 september 2016, Frankrike ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
So Illy and Dave opted for public transport options today...
For the rest of us...we spent first part of the day riding in a rainy drizzle alongside the canal (which runs parallel to the river). Lots of birdlife on the canal (and apparently some large rodents (rat/wombat)- which I didn't see)
Not being a fan of being wet and cold I didn't find the morning section that enjoyable but others in the group quite liked it
Easy (flat) riding todayLäs mer
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Megan Gilmour Hello Sherelle! Love Alina xx
2016-09-06Svara
Resenär Hello Alina!!!! I miss you!! I can't wait to build some more blanket forts with you 😊
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the sun will come out
5 september 2016, Frankrike ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
So the Sun did come out in the arvo and we had a nice ride through forrest, with lunch stop in Fessenheim.
Our bikes (and us) were pretty mucky from the dirt track (and rain) in the morning
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Meaghan Brown Love it
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Ash PrakashHaha more like Fressenheim! Tell Illy that should crack her up!
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Deborah Hennessey Gorgeous!!
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Nuef Briasch
5 september 2016, Frankrike ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
So onwards to Nuef Briasch for the night...
We took a slight detour as we missed our turn off.
Met Ilona and David at the accommodation.
We did 65km today.

Nuef Briasch is a cool town. It has a wall, and was designed as fully fortified. Went for a bit it of an explore around the wall and the town itself in the arvo/eveningLäs mer
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Canal du Rhône au Rhin
6 september 2016, Frankrike ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Today the juniors took the train option and the seniors (me included) jumped on our bikes and followed one of the many tow paths along a canal parallel to the river. Flat, asphalt, & sunny but cool- today was ideal riding conditionsLäs mer
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Deborah Hennessey Wow
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and on we rode
6 september 2016, Frankrike ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
So it was lots of the same today
Birdlife on the canal
Beautiful autumn leaves starting to fall
We passed heaps of locks and bridges...
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Strasbourg
6 september 2016, Frankrike ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
And we made it to Strasbourg....
Our biggest day of cycling yet... with a neat 76kms done and dusted

Spent the evening in beautiful Strasbourg.
The cathedral honestly took my breathe away when I first saw it. It's huge! We saw a cool light show that was projected on the side of the building... Nice eveningLäs mer
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Emma Nicholls Fluffy ball gums?
2016-09-17Svara
Emma Nicholls Very beautiful!
2016-09-17Svara
Resenär So so many!
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Tourist in Strasbourg
7 september 2016, Frankrike ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
A day off the bikes in Strasbourg to check out clocks, churches and general crowd watching

I think most bodies are happy to have a recovery day....
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Emma Nicholls Wow!
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Robertsau
8 september 2016, Frankrike ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Young Ilona stayed on for another night in Strasbourg to let herself continue to recover... but rest of us hit the road

So today was very easy riding along flood dykes...
Not much new scenery
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