Day 200 Oct 26 Fri - Railway Line Camp after Blaustein to Castle View Camp in Honau
Bike lane
Scenic view from the bike lane
The bike lane started with nice tared road often it was gravels in the middle
German kindergarden kids
Bike lanes often going into the farm land
German kids learning how to bike from the expert
Stop here, if you need helps or advice....
Castle view from my tent
Bike lane next to the tent on a hill top
My dinner for the night - 2 packs of instant noodles/ meat dumplings / egg
Castle View Camp in HonauToday's Distance: 70 km
Today's Temp: 6 - 10°c
Average Speed: 14.1 max: 61
Time on Bike: 4 hr 57 min
Average climb: 3% max: 14 %
Trip Altitude: 694 m max: 897 m
Today's spending: 4.5 euro
Total Distance to date: 12975 km
Total spending to date:348.6 euro
Today's Temp: 6 - 10°c
Average Speed: 14.1 max: 61
Time on Bike: 4 hr 57 min
Average climb: 3% max: 14 %
Trip Altitude: 694 m max: 897 m
Today's spending: 4.5 euro
Total Distance to date: 12975 km
Total spending to date:348.6 euro
Today I celebrated my 200th day in my longest adventure ride,my original targeted schedule in Paris.Nevertheless I am still proud of myself to make it this far and Paris is just only 600 over km to go,if the weather continues to stay fine,I should be there in 10 - 12 days time. My sister in London already booked the MAS air ticket from London to Malaysia on the 30th Nov. I 'd like to thank her for the ticket and also given me a date to aim . Today's ride mostly following the bike lanes which I felt uncomfortable with, not only it slow down my speed,often it leads you to some rough gravels and ended up somewhere you were not sure and time wasting to check the map again and again. I was horned many times and told to go to the bike lanes. The German drivers don't like to see cyclists on even the secondary roads if there is a bike lane. From Blaubeuren, to the scenic towns of Schelklingen,Munsingen,Gomadingen and finally camped in this beautiful hill top in Honau overlooking to a higher Castle from my tent
14 comments:
Bike lanes in Germany:
You have local bike lanes, that you don't want to take. They are short.
You have 'Landstrassen' country streets, that you want to take.
You have 'Bundesstrassen' and 'Autobahnen' that don't allow bicycles and are way too dangerous!
By law you are required to use bike paths, when there is one (in theory you could get finded for not using them) In practise it is a different story.
Get a car map of the region (in Germany) and you will have less problems!
I see you are going strong! Good wishes to you!
Hey Meng!
Bernd is right, get a car map. You want to take the "Landstrassen" they are the country roads, they also go directly usually, as they were the old roads used before fast cars. The "Bundesstrassen" are the fast highways which usually have lots of cars trying to avoid the traffic jams on the "Autobahns". The "Autobahns" are like the "Freeways" in America, and bikes are not allowed there.
I'm so happy to see you moving along fast and furious, and make sure to eat some vegetables too! Hehehe :). Like an old mom....
Karen and the Curly Horses
Meng, another comment, if you get into trouble with finances, and have no reserves anyomore you should contact us. That means you should save something to at least reach us by email or telephone. My email address is on the website, but I give it to you here:
office (at) curlies-austria (dot com)
Sorry to make it code but trying to reduce spam.
Telephone number is:
+ 43 664 154 50 28
If you have problems and can at least get a call to us, we will drive out to assist you.
Karen and the Curly Horses
hey meng,
wow! congrats! just a bit more than a week to go. bet you gonna feel sad when it's all over. ;-)
it's been great seeing your progress.
cheers!
Hi Meng,
Poweerrr a bit more & you will be in Strasbourg, FRANCE. So I guess you don't need a map of Germany anymore. Congrats on another milestone of achievement. Circa <400 straight line km to go and you'll be in Paris. A little bit of highland the next 2 days and when you decend maybe you can see the top of Eiffel Tower already. :P
Smooth sailing for the rest of your journey and take care.
Chong5
Meng
I have been following you and Heather since day 1 and now continue to follow you as you cycle alone. What a wonderful journey you have taken us all on. Thankyou for the journey. Most of all, thankyou for the time you have set aside to type up your journey whilst you are riding; it is an enormous task and I wonder if you feel the pressure of the eyes of your followers as they wait for your next update.
Good luck with your final week or so. May the climate be kind to you and that you feel the exhileration of supreme success as you cycle into Paris and park under the "iron lady" for the best photo op of the entire trip since Day 1.
Well done you!
Kayleen
Brater Meng: guten tag(hello),wie geht"s..(how are you) ...another 600km to go,u will be at the top of eiffel tower,paris.take care for the rest of journey. cheers from ttks ss19. zhong. auf wiedersehen(good bye),danke scho"n (thank you).
Brater Meng,
Cheers for your determination in completing the journey, B2P (Going To). You inspire us with admiration. You are truly our great "Hero". With Best Wishes Always, the TTKs.
Bernd,I am leaving Strasbourg today and hope I don't have this problem anymore, real appreciate your concern.
karen and the curly horses,
Thanks you, I will call you may be in London, Austria now is too far from Strasbourg.Anyway I wrote down your detail already
thanks nick m ( first time in my blog?
Thanks kayleen, I will ask around where is that " iron lady" and take a photo to post when in Paris
thanks chong5
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