Tuesday 23rd September 2014 - Cold cold night again, 3 degrees brrr. Waited until I thawed a bit and got up to blue sky and sunshine.
Went and paid up, €23.80 for 2nights and a wash & dry token. This campsite is great, Camping Kaul in Wiltz if you're ever here. There is a massive pool and waterslides too - I didn't use it though, it was closed now.
Packed up and put clean clothes on, ah! From about the second week now I've been able to smell clean people from about 100 metres away. I hope they can't say they can smell me from that distance too!
Left around 1pm after packing up. It took a while finding the path out of Wiltz. It was a lovely flat fast meadow lane. Winding through the trees with the river and grass beside me. Sunshine dappling through. The air is pretty chilly though. What a change in temperature.
Started going up, and up and up, big climb. Though with the cooler air, I can't believe I'm going to say this, but I actually really enjoyed it!!!!
Amazing view at the top. Lots of hiking paths around as well. Had a few croissants and sat on top of the hill admiring the spectacular scenery. I was on top of Luxembourg.
What goes up, must come down. Fab descent winding down the road to the river again. Passed a woman out watering her garden, I had a mad grin on my face and my eyes were watering with the speed, she must've thought I was crazy as she laughed as I passed!
Had to then pick a route to meet up with another cycle route that would take me Luxembourg City. Left, right or straight on?? Hmm, straight I think. Another long climb again, quite steep in places and switchbacks to the top. Saw a castle tucked into the hill in the distance.
At the top it was time for food. Thoughtfully they had placed a few picnic tables in a nice landscaped area - bacon Tuc crackers, brie, and tinned pineapple - heaven!
Down to valley again. Eventually made my way to Ettlebruck. It was getting late now, around 6pm I think, sun sets at 7.30pm, but I wasn't feeling hurried. The path ran beside the train tracks and it was now a cycle path the whole way to city.
Along the way heard an aeroplane. But it seemed very close, spotted a jet doing some acrobatic flying. Just the one, not sure if Luxembourg have an air force or not. Spotted a hot air balloon as well floating in the evening sky. It kept following me for an hour or so, I felt obligated to take a photo of it, then didn't see it again!
Now had 30km to go and it was 6.30pm. Every so often the path had to cut onto the roads through villages to link up. Saw a calf in a box (alive) on the side of the road, a cool castle and a yard that had loads of bushes of massive trumpet flowers, each about a foot long, in all different colours.
As I was getting closer to the city, the sun set. It was a good one. More road works. Decided not to chance crossing the bridge they were working on and went round it by the road.
Into the suburbs, round playing fields, streets of houses and offices. Dark now. Had my headtorch as a front light. Good but not bright enough to show me where the dog poop was until I was on top if it, grr.
Following the signs which were pretty good. Closer now, in through parks and dark unlit streets. Never felt in any way unsafe though. Into city centre, decided to use the footpaths then, as I had to cut across couple of busy roads in town to get to hostel which was under the bridge. In at 9pm.
Today was an amzing day. Great cycleways, wonderful scenery all around. Around every corner was another magnificent sight. I kept stopping loads throughout the day to enjoy them and took lots of photos.
Just beautiful, kept thinking I was in Switzerland it had that kind of feel to it. It's hard to explain and the photos just don't show how great it was, so I recommended everyone to come to Luxembourg to see it for themselves!
Great sign posting as well, hoping now I can make quicker progress, as I'll not have to plan my own route each day.
Croc Monsieur for tea, bed - up early for Saarbrucken? Not if the girl in the bunk above me keeps snoring the way she does!
Today was a fabulous day.
Day 25 - 23.09.14
Wiltz to Luxembourg City
1pm to 9pm
5hr 7min cycling
78.9km
2691 calories
1499 metres asc
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