Thursday 9th October 2014 - Slept so well! Up and down for breakfast just after 8am. Range of different types of bread rolls, different meats, cheese, tomato (?!), jams, etc, boiled egg, coffee (good coffee Andrea, I'm slowly being turned!).
Clothes had dried, got a shower and went down to pay up about 9.45am. The lady was so nice, she also recommended a slight detour to Ulm. She said it was about 10km more, but very nice.
The name of the place I stayed was Cafe Knebel - Hotel Garni, in Munderingen. Definitely recommend this place.
Out to a perfect blue sky and sunshine. Awesome!
I decided to take that detour.
Out along the road from town. Cycle path beside the road, so was okay.
Saw in the distance something lying on the side of the path. Got closer and oh dear, poor deer! The other side, which I refrained from taking a picture of, was like an anatomy lesson of a deer's insides.
Through a few villages. In one a tractor towing a trailer piled high with apples pulled out just ahead of me. There was a bend in the road and it was downhill. A few apples rolled off onto the road and kept rolling. I just about was able to out manoeuvre the rolling apples by slaloming through them. Today's challenge passed.
Lots more field roads, past industrial areas, then into the forest. Such a beautiful warm sunny day. The birds of prey were just catching the warm air and gliding above me in circles.
Also saw more of the spiders webs and took a photo. Some odd red and black bugs as well on a bench I nearly sat on. They were like ladybirds, but squashed.
Into Blaubeuren and it was a lovely old town, with old buildings. I stopped at a cafe beside a working waterwheel and had a bite to eat. So nice.
On to Ulm.
Coming into the city was pretty straight forward, obviously, as it was daytime and not nighttime in the rain!
Cycled along beside the railway lines for a while and they had lots and lots of allotments. All well tended.
Into the centre. Ulm Minster tower, the highest church spire in the world, a cool clock and a glass triangle library. Nice town, good feel about it too.
Easy to get out of the city again too, another thumbs up for Ulm.
Another 20km or so to the campsite I had looked up on the internet. It should be open as their dates ran from January to December and it was on a working farm.
Dying for a wee, so pushed on fast and got there around 5pm I think. Should've stopped to get food supplies on my way, but just didn't think I could!
Still really hot and sunny, quick, get the tent up, it's been festering damp in the heat now for two days.
Witnesses some kind of weird animal cruelty by kids. Three small ponies in the sand arena, loose and the kids were running after them cracking the long lunging whips at them, to make them run around. Was seriously hoping one or two of the kids would get trampled or kicked. Really don't know what was going on.
€10 for the night and ordered my bread for the morning. Got WiFi, but only the left end of my (6foot) tent gets it, should've put tent up a couple of metres to the left!
Mushroom soup and paprika crisps for tea.
Bed.
Day 41 - 09.10.14
Munderingen to Leipheim, Germany
10.30am to 5pm
4hr cycling
74.8km
1214 calories
1169 metres asc
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