Well, we survived the night, just! The tent was covered in ice this morning and a freezing mist hung in the air. After several trips to the wash rooms to defrost our hands we got loaded and on our way.
The first part of our journey was again off the map as we planned to rejoin the main route further along. With some more google map instructions we were doing fine, until the directions sent us in to a quarry. We have no idea whether we could have got through to our destination, but we didn't want to chance it. Heading back to the main road, which wasn't much fun in the fog, we carried on hoping for another sign. We eventually came out much further up the road than we had planned and had to wend our way northwards to rejoin the Danube.
The cycling was very tough this morning, especially as we couldn't feel our feet and hands due to the unrelenting cold weather. We rejoined the Danube at Marxheim and pressed on to Neuburg via a long steep hill.
With about 30kms to do in the afternoon we stopped in Neuburg, had lunch in a bakery and rode around the attractive town. The stop allowed us to defrost a bit and buoyed on by the appearance of the sun we got to Ingolstadt in good time. The camp-site took a bit of finding, by way of a busy main road and a large industrial area.
Tipping the tent out of the bag gave a moment of humour, as when we shook it some snowballs rolled out. They must have been made when we rolled the frozen tent up in the morning. Lets hope it's a little warmer tonight!
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