Up early after a good nights sleep. Al went for a walk into town before breakfast
but was immediately joined by Adam so the
peace and quiet sought was not found…
Breakfast started with Al knocking over
Richard the 1st’s orange juice, all over the table, what a mess! - really, can't take him anywhere!
Off and out on the bikes for a 200 mile
route today. Al took me with him, but did
take off a lot of the bike luggage,
seeing as we are going to be based here for three nights. The moment we climbed any height the fog came in. I wasn't reassured when Al says 'What you can't see can't hurt you'...
We stopped at the top of a mountain for a
coffee and then it really began to
rain. You couldn’t see for the fog and
it was cats and dogs at the same time.
After stretching the coffee break until
almost lunch time we realised we might as well just set off, it was getting no
better….
We ended up in Pforzheim and Alan had a bit of a moment.... we were manoeuvring between bollards to park up on the free bit of the car park and he crunched his panniers on a bollard. Just minor damage but it was a shame as the bike was immaculate. Here he is looking at the damage;
We wandered off into
town for lunch, one vegetarian falafel doner kebab later (delicious) we set off
agin in the rain. At least the fog was
now gone for good and the rain now just occasional.
Arriving back (in the rain of course) it
was a pleasant surprise to find Al’s suit was completely waterproof. I of course had tucked myself away in the top
box. I can’t do water, I just go to
pieces!
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