- We had to have a day off cycling after 7 days to catch up with our domestic chores. Goodness knows what our fellow campers made of us! This camp was only a 25 minute cycle ride out of Strasbourg.
- Sally set off to Colmar and I followed the canal path. Up until this little lock keepers cottage the path had been smooth and easy. It was Sunday and everyone was out.....roller skaters galore, runners, joggers, cyclists,walkers and a family where the 5 year old was cycling, Dad was running whilst pushing a three year old in his buggy and Mum was running alongside. can you imagine that on the Marriotts way?!! After the cottage the path deteriorated and left the canal. I found myself cycling through fields of wheat ...again !
- Sal and I met up again on the Rhine. Actually it was a rather dull and boring road because for miles and miles we were separated from the river by a high bank. Every now and again we popped up the bank to make sure the river was still there. Banana breaks are common and we are also munching our way through 88 Ma Baker bars and about a thousand dextrose tablets !!! Along this road I got my second puncture (silly me had not found the cause of the first puncture which turned out to be a tiny incisor shape stone embedded into the tyre) After a long 83 km ride we finally got into our camp site on an island between the Rhine canal and Rhine river. Actually we were too exhausted to enjoy the view but we managed to eat mackeral fillets in mustard sauce before falling into bed and both slept for nearly 11 hours!
- This is the real Rhine and not one of the tributaries or canals ! We finally managed to cycle along side it today crossing over to Germany just below Colmar. We could have gone all the way to Basle but stopped about 20km short as we knew of a good campsite. Its built in tiers up a steep hill and along side vineyards . We had a lovely swim, supper and then watched the sunset over the Rhine which was spectacular. Hopefully tomorrow we won't regret the 20 kms we will have to make up in order to get to Luzerne by Wednesday.
