Bavaria 2023. D12

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Bavaria Day 12

After a good breakfast at the Michel hotel in the beautiful town of Landshut we headed north again following the Isar River, which might sound nice but was a bit (actually a lot) tedious there were locks about every 10k and 50% of the way was gravel and in the woods, so not that interesting. My chain coming off was quite a welcome distraction. There was the odd sculpture and best of all the sighting of a Kingfisher taking its dinner in the river. Sadly no old tractors today, just some Porsche 911’s razzing up the Main Street in Plattling where we had our last break. The first break was at Dingolfing where I sampled a strawberry tart just to see if they were delicious or not. After Plattling the last 10k was on the highway, which threw me a bit after all the cycleways. I think I need to update the route to give some variety of terrain in case this tour is repeated. The Scotty and Paul hotel is very nice although when I walk towards the lift it looks like a prison with all the cells going off a gantry. See photo. A
The old town is very interesting with a large church complete with large clock and sun dial plus the usual Bavarian buildings, some occupied by modern brands like Jack Wolfskin, Woolworths etc. Today a Vespa Rally was held along the Main Street with perhaps 200 present of 70 year old models to the present day in various states of repair. There was the odd Lambretta, Kreidler and a few old Zundapps. The first motorbike I had was a Zundap so it brought back some fond memories. Good meal in the Scotty’s and Paul hotel.

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