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It’s Tuesday, so we must be in Koblenz, right? Before the start of this trip I’d asked Jim, apart from the camp sites at Koblenz and Bokki, where we were headed!
“Just going to ride with the flow” was the answer I got . . . . so go with the flow we did . . . . . the flow of the Rhine! After a leisurely start we headed for the other side of the river and then wound our way south under wonderfully clear skies, passing many picturesque Schloss’s along the way.
We did sort of have a target in mind for the day – the infamous B500 that wends it way through the Schwarzwald below Baden Baden. Not sure where we stopped for lunch, but we did, and then continued south in search of this fabled road. I use the term “fabled”, cos for a good while that’s all it seemed to be – a story from a book written many centuries ago. I think it was around Weisbaden and Mainz that we got sort of lost, with one nag-nav saying this way whilst another said another way. This led to a very long and hot day in the saddle, with temperatures hitting 35 degrees Celcius during the afternoon! Eventually we found our way into the Schwarzwald and found a very rustic campsite near the village of Ottenhoffen im Schwarzwald. No English spoken by the owner and my grasp of the lingo is minimal, which led to us being pointed in the direction of a hillside field away from everyone and every amenity!
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The site, as has been intimated, was a tad basic, but I have endured worse recently. The evening passed very, very quietly, with only a few ales consumed, as we all gawped at the stars and relished the complete and utter silence that surrounded us . . . . . . once certain parties had stopped guffing that is
:unsure: :sick: !But we still hadn’t found the B500!
The next day saw the sun quickly burning off a slight mist, leading to another superb weather day ahead. Led by Jim we wended our way out of Ottenhoffen im Schwarzwald and headed up into the hills via switchback after switchback, eventually hitting the B500. And so the bend swinging fun began, mile after mile of it, interspersed with an occasional village or huge view over the surrounding hills and valleys. This entertainment led to very few pictures being taken, cos we was having fun. We did happen upon this place as we wended our way south . . . .
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And here is where we found ourselves . . . . . Merlischachen, on the side of lake Lucerne
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Steve T
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), a very pleasant little wander into the village of Merlischachen brought home how it is that everyone thinks of chalet type homes and big cowbells when you mention Switzerland . . . . . or is that just me? Very picturesque, if not a little noisy into the small hours, as all the bovines settled themselves down for the night. There are some pictures of the watery antics, but I thought I’d save you from a certain set of Moobs that emerged from the water during the frolicks!
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