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Spring 2019

Thann - 6 June 2019

Thann - 6 June 2019

Another 25 minute run done! Kay drove up into the hills to Le Monument National du Hartmannswillerkopf where the French and the Germans fought over this hill top for the whole of WW1, just seems pointless. Good walk for 2 1/2 hours through the French and German trenches and should have given us fa

Hartmannswiller - 5 June 2019

Hartmannswiller - 5 June 2019

Tintin drove up into the hills to Murbach to have a look at the Abbey there. Looked very strange as most of it was missing and only the renovated towers remained. Drove on to an aire at Hartmannswiller and read books in the shade of a convenient tree, too hot for cycling.

Eguisheim - 4 June 2019

Eguisheim - 4 June 2019

0800 run for the longest yet, 25 minutes, 20°C, hard for both of us. Lovely swans and cygnets though at the start by Dave. Kay drove for 30 minutes to a winery at Eguisheim, Antoine Stoffel where we can spend the night. Bikes out and rode for a couple of hours to the surrounding villages all in 3

Near Colmar, France - 3 June 2019

Near Colmar, France - 3 June 2019

Quick shop in Lidl for the essentials, water, coke and chocolate and on into France. Found a small car park by the canal close to Colmar. After lunch, just a 15 minute ride into the town. We immediately remembered our last visit some years ago. The heavens opened with heavy rain and thunder, so

Near Norsingen - 2 June 2019

Near Norsingen - 2 June 2019

A knock on the door this morning, can you move please as we will be conducted a church service here! So we left, serviced Dave at the second attempt, bought some strawberries at a roadside stall and found a carpark in the fields of vines with a view. Chairs out, read books and the internet, too ho

Near Müllheim - 1 June 2019

Near Müllheim - 1 June 2019

We decided after our run that it probably wasn’t a good idea to stay where we were on the Rhine as, being Saturday and sunny, it was going to get really busy. On the 3rd attempt we found a good place to park up near Müllheim in the hills. After lunch and FaceTiming we set off on our bikes into the

Märkt by the Rhine - 31 May 2019

Märkt by the Rhine - 31 May 2019

Got the bikes out and had a ride downhill through a few villages and back, a lot warmer now we’ve reduced the altitude. Kay drove for about an hour to service Dave, fill with diesel and then on out of the Black Forest. We’re parked up on the banks of the Rhine where it splits into the Canal d’Alsa