Thursday 7 October 2010

Day 18 Germany, 06/10/2010 Mannheim–Rheinau–Ketsch–Rheinhausen–Phillipsburg. 27.10miles/44.01kms, ride time 2hr43mins, av 9.9mph.

Not far to the camp-site this morning, so we packed and left in good time hoping to get there early. We quickly got back on the main Rhein route and continued on towards Ketsch without any problems. Somewhere close to Ketsch we had a case of the disappearing route sign and ended up doing a very pleasant 5km circuit. Which ended with us back where we started. The other path led us straight to where we wanted to go, what a difference a sign makes!

Somewhere around Rheinhausen Debbie decided to take a cycle sign literally and instead of turning right at the next road she headed straight towards someone's garage. It was with a still chuckling Debs that we finally rode into Phillipsburg. The camp-site was well sign posted, but unfortunately we fell foul of the afternoon siesta by a few minutes. If only we hadn't had that detour earlier!

With nothing else for it, we rode into the town centre to have a look round and kill some time. Phillipsburg was clearly an important town in its day, but the beautifully signed and worded walking tour was terrible. All of the sites were closed, with no sign of them opening any-time soon. Reading a sign that tells you of all the wonderful things housed within a closed building is a little disappointing to say the least.

After a coffee and doughnut we went back to try the camp-site again. Still no-one there, so a quick phone call later, we were told we would have to wait another 20 minutes. So much for getting there early! Thankfully it was a beautiful day and when we actually got to put the tent up it was right by a lake. We spent the rest of the day sorting and relaxing, which was made all the easier by a nice bottle of wine. Especially as it only cost 2 Euros!

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