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//Day 81 /31-05-22 /Wintersdorf-Wertheim

I woke up and started cyling early. At 7.30 I was on the road. I had packed my wet tent (no rain) and bought at 7.25  breakfast from the mobile bakery which visited the camping. The sky was blue and sun shining. Today would be all around cycling, 150 K in distance and 1000 meters to climb. 

Today’s  summary : First 50 K climbing through rural Germany (small villages and big fields), Next 50 K flat cycling along the Main 50 K, Last 50 K, one big climb and all the rest cycling down (though a rural area again)  to Wertheim located at the Main river. I cycled most of the time small cycle paths with very few people to be seen (except when I cycled along the Mainz river). Wertheim is a nice small village with the typical half-timbered houses around a central market square..Today had been a great but long ride….

When I arrived in Wertheim I had a not to bad Amarena/Malaga ice cream…one of the better ice creams I had the last 3 months. I left the Disney town square and headed the last kilometers to the camping. The camping’s website had informed me that it had a restaurant…when I arrived I was informed that until June the restaurant only operated during the weekend….It would have been handy if this info was also shared on the website…The friendly receptionist informed me there was a shop some 10 minutes away. I also needed to get some fuel for my stove so Black Horse and I rode another couple of kilometres to buy  dinner and fuel. In the Lidl-like shop I bought a can of Pasta-chicken soup, which turned out not to be bad, some fruit and crisps….

I setup camp, had a shower just in time for an aperitif  of with white wine and crisps…As mentioned the dinner out of teh can was not to bad…..

It was a long but great cycling day and as result will probably sleep as a rose. Tomorrow I cycle to a camping near the city of Mainz some 125  kilometers away.

















Lessons learned :
  • Black Horse will be happy to be home - he starts making weird sounds sometimes…
  • A hairdryer is a useful instrument to do laundry.
  • Hand soap is not an efficient detergent.


Comments

  1. Anonymous5/31/22, 11:15 PM

    Beautiful pictures

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  2. Lieve meirsman6/1/22, 7:36 AM

    weer heel prachtige foto's ook van de vakwerkhuizen die in deze streken veel voorkomen, een goede fietstocht gewenst voor morgen. Geniet ervan

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  3. Liliane vanlee6/1/22, 8:48 AM

    Mooie foto's maar wel lange rit gemaakt.
    Nu begin je echt het thuisfront te naderen, wens je nog prettige en droge fietsdag en.
    Groetjes

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