Friday 22 October 2010

Day 33 Germany 21/10/2010 Riedheim–Hochstädt–Gundelfingen–Donauworth. 48.71miles/78.63km, 4hr16minutes, Av 11.3mph.

It rained quite hard in the night, but was dry and cold when we woke up. It is taking a long time for the sun to come up in the mornings. This will improve a little when the clocks change.

We set off in the cold heading for Donauworth, or at least nearby as the camp-site was off our map! We always knew there would be days you hated and wanted to give up, well today was mine. Apart from about 5kms besides the Danube looking at lots of birds, the tracks were muddy mainly through dull farmland. Even the very few settlements we went through held no real interest. The whole day felt like one big slog! Debbie kept a brave face on, but struggled with my bad mood.

We eventually made it to the camp-site via some google maps directions and got settled. The temperature outside had been dropping severely so we had a couple of beers in the very warm but smoky bar. When we left the bar the ground was crunchy underfoot. Looks like it is going to be a very cold night!

On a happier note we passed the 1000 mile mark today!

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