Blogs from Bavaria, Germany, Europe - page 5

Bavaria Day 11 Good breakfast again at the Star G Hotel. Everything is good about the hotel except the desk system. It could not cope with several bookings made in my name. It took 1/2 hr to check-in two days ago and 20 min to attempt to pay for the breakfasts. The system would not cope and hands were thrown into the air with no accurate resolution. The weather is still excellent for cycling and we headed through town to the English Garden and then joined the gravel cycle path which follows the river Isar for over 40km. It swaps sides on occasion, which made it more interesting riding that is apart from Shirley’s blowout on her tubeless tyre,caused by running over a stick. The grunge was wiped out and we fitted a tube in double ... read more

Bavaria D9 Last night’s Bavarian restaurant was very good and I had a very nice Deer Stew. The squares were very busy with people eating and drinking even when darkness fell. There are a few impressive buildings and churches around the centre. Once again, good to be out of the city and across rolling fields again. The villages are now pretty nondescript compared with the ones earlier on which had very pretty houses with exposed timbers and multi storied. They do though have loads of crosses with Jesus on them In their gardens and village greens. There are a number of old, small tractors still in use on the village farms with small trailers behind, some of which are converted muck spreaders. I went past a farm which smelt of hens so now I know where ... read more

Bavaria D8 Good breakfast across the road before setting off around 9am into a steady headwind across typical farmland and villages with fancy Maypoles with tinsel etc hanging from them. Passing through a village I found a shed full of beef cattle eating green grass, which must have been freshly cut. There was another farmer walking a calf across his yard to its cubicle. Today we spent more time alongside busy roads but we also had some stony tracks, which unfortunately decided to gain height as we approached. Not allowed. There are many hunters huts in the fields where the hunters look for their prey. There is also much winter timber supply by most houses in the country, which is pretty alien to us. Perhaps we should consider this for when they turn off our electricity ... read more

Bavaria D5 Last night was busy in the town square where some men in lederhosen were erecting a very tall tree. They were shaping badly but I think they were spinning it out a bit for the crowd who were eating and drinking in the street in 24 degrees. We were eating in Paladinos, just off the e square. I say eating but mostly drinking since they were that busy it took a while to arrive. The Allee Hotel was very nice with good rooms and good breakfast. Out along the river today in warm sunshine passing through a lot of farmland growing all crops and quite a bit of newly planted maize. There was some hay being made so their must be livestock which must be kept inside all year round. A stop was made ... read more

Bavaria D4 What a pleasant ride today. Just one 2 mile section of gravel and not too much climbing giving my legs a rest from yesterday. Thank you Lyta for lending me your one sided pedals which made life a lot easier. Nice villages and towns again with pleasant buildings and sculptures and a nice coffe stop in Adelsdorf. The cycleways are occasionally bricks and mostly tarmac, which are much better than the Lancashire roads. I found a stork nest on the chimney by my room last night and Dave managed a photo of two heads appearing above the nest. Just after Adelsdorf we saw about 10 in a field and for a treat a couple flying above. We got into Neustadt an der Aisch mid afternoon and I dashed to Aldi for a sandwich and ... read more