27 August 2007

Day 9


Day 9

D96km; 9:15 - 18:45
Tauberbischofsheim - Weikersheim - Creglingen - Rothenburg ob der Tauber - Leutershausen
Today we have hit the roof of our tour at Kirnberg at an altitude of around 500 metres in the Nature Reserve Frankische Hoehe. A few kilometers earlier we passed the city of Gebstattel. This village is on the border of the water streams towards the Rhine/Main on the one hand and towards the Danube on the other hand. From here water is Danube oriented.
It was one of those days when you have to remind yourself you are doing it all just for fun, but therefore the  result is even sweater: highest point of the whole journey (500m), fastest descend (44km/h), slowest climb (7km/h), longest net cycling time (6h20min) and lowest average speed (15km/h)
At the end, the local specialities with mushrooms made it all worth.