Jo Journeys The World.

Sleeping in a Chocolate Bedroom - Day 40

Wednesday 8th October 2014 - So it continued to rain all night. Heavy rain. Thankfully my little tent did me proud and kept me dry.

Unlike the pile of washing from yesterday. Also the tent.

Just packed it all up and got on my way, nothing I could do about it.

Went to McDonald's. Still couldn't get on their WiFi, grr.

Got going about 1pm I think it was, great view of castle on way out of town.

Pretty boring day today, roads through flat fields and farmland and grass areas.

Vaguely following river, just cycling from village to village. All have a distinct church tower that you can see off in the distance before you reach the village.

One village had large sundial on the wall of one of the houses which was class.

Riedlingen was a nice town, cool houses.

More of the dreaded gravel tracks, flicking up the mud after all the rain last night, dirt over everything. Mudguards!!

At one stage I had to cross a dodgy bridge beside a railway line. It was metal grating and not very wide, with a gap under the railings that looked like it could eat a wheel pretty easy. I made it across though safe and sound.

Then onto the forest tracks, couldn't see them for amount of leaves on ground now.

Since my first day in France I've been riding over mother natures produce that has fallen to the ground. Such a variety of things, beech nuts, chestnuts, acorns, oak apples, leaves, grapes, apples, pears....

Now though, its all starting to decay and mulch up. I can smell the apples on the ground fermenting before I reach them.

Have also noticed lots of the houses and shops have their Halloween decorations out. Its strange as the weather is still warm, it doesn't feel like October, the way it does back home.

As becoming usual now, the couple of campsites on the route that I'd seen, weren't there or closed.

I kept on going on and into Munderingen, again the campsite locked and empty. No one around.

7pm, starting to get dark and I just decided to go back up into the town and try the hotel I'd seen on the previous few info boards.

They have information boards about the upcoming route and towns and places to eat and stay. Its all in German though, so I don't really understand much. Zimmer means room I think though!

Lights off and closed.

Rang the buzzer and a smiling friendly German woman answered.

€42 for bed & breakfast and a secure bike shed. The place is a cafe as well, so I was allocated the chocolate theme bedroom. It was brown and cream and had a bar of chocolate and pieces of chocolate stuck on the ceiling and walls!

First item of business, washing out to try and get it dried for tomorrow. Radiator turned on full.

Got €8 worth of junk food from the snack stand in hallway. Couldn't be bothered going out.

Sky News, only English channel, listened to the IS and Ebola fears on repeat.

Shower and into a big comfy warm bed, ahhh!!

Looking forward to seeing what breakfast is in the morning!

Day 40 - 08.10.14
Sigmaringen to Munderingen, Germany
1pm to 7pm
3hr 35min cycling
62.8km
1744 calories
580 metres asc