Hiking the lakes of Dusseldorf

Up early, we headed to Erkrath, south-east of the centre of Dusseldorf to hike around the lakes here. The walk ended up being similar to hiking around Rutland Water, under the first overcast sky in a long while - perfectly pleasant but nothing mindblowing. Grabbing a train back from Hilden, we wandered through the shops of Dusseldorf, which weren't open yesterday, before grabbing a pint on the Rhine Promenade. The advertising pillars in Dusseldorf are topped with sculptures of people, which are perpetually terrifying when you think someone is about to fall off them! By the time we got back to the hotel, Fitbit said we'd walked about 24km and nearly 35,000 steps! We booked an extra night here but plan to use it to day trip to Arnham tomorrow.

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