A roadbike tour

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June 22nd through June 26th 2018

Participants:

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Iris, age 73, retired and retired bicyclist

Road bike Tour along the river Main bike trail (Germany)

This blog is made for interested bicyclists in order to check distances and accommodations.

The inserted pictures round the blog.

You know: There is no time to stall.

An interesting bike trail, which has to get done...

Total 318 Kilometer

no significant climb

Road mostly paved

Hope you enjoy the blog and pictures.

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1st day: 22nd of June 2018

start tour at Bamberg train station (pretty late train arrival 15:30)

Arrival Bamberg late: 15:30

Start the tour

Night at Hotel Linde Gädheim near Schweinfurt.

Tel.: +49 9727 91010

56 Kilometer

From Bamberg main station in direction of the Dom, then further to the river Regnitz and further to the Main-Donau Kanal (channel).

The bicycle trail is located at the South rim of the river Main.

The river Main itself you meet at Viereth. The bike trail in general leads in West direction. A lot of river channels have to be passed. On significant is the channel (Schleuse) Limbach. Sand on Main, a winery village, comes in sight.. At Sand the bicycle rail changes to the North rim of the river Main.

At the river Regnitz

Reaching Viereth soon...

Well marked bicycle trail

Typical view of bicycle trail

River Main bridge

River Main bridge

local artists's work (I see a virgin...)

on the road (again)

rest bench for tired bicyclists

my hotel

remembrance plate - for the solders come home from freeing Vienna from the Turks

impressions from the village

Found a lot of historical landmarks

other side of 'my' hotel

Let's call it a day

2nd day: 23rd of June 2018

From Ottendorf Gädheim near Schweinfurt to Lohr on Main

Night Hotel Frankenhof

Tel.: +49 9352 604485

130 Kilometer

Until Zell on Main South rim of river Main

From Gemünden on: right rim of river Main.

Some miles before Gemünden gravel road, about 5 kilometers.

With a short visit of the BMW roof repair 'pixelrichter" - a one hour rest with refreshments...

Pixelrichters ar work:

...and then, the tour continuous...:

I made a short cut on a river Main. Not knowing how much this climb costs me the rest of that day

Arriving at Schweinfurt

Rolling hill on Main loop before Wurzburg

The tired bicyclist

Wurzburg - complicated bicycle trail

Wurzburg - tourist ship

Wurzburg channel (Schleuse)

Wurzburg - view to the castle

Zell on Main - City landing

Let's call it a day:

(same procedure as the day before)

3rd day: 24th of June 2018

24.06.2018

From Lohr on Main to Niedernberg

Night Pension Reinhard

Tel.: +4960289937090

111 Kilometer

Until Wertheim ride at the South rim of river Main.

Change to North rim at the bridge just before Wertheim

Return to South rim at Freudenberg

Nur Schwan und Ente, tun nichts für ihre Rente

zu Fuß, wie die Tiere

on feet, like the animals

passing wonderful landscape and castles

I like cobble stones

"Klopfsteinpflaster"

Main Motor ferry

Freudenberg - Main bridge

Laudenbach on Main

Wörth on Main

Wörth on Main

this is against us...

Niedernberg - Main access

'my' pension at Niedernberg

Let's call it a day:

(same procedure as every day)

4th day: 25rd of June 2018

25.06.2018

From Niedernberg toHösbach (near Aschaffenburg)

Night Hotel Gerber,

Hösbach, Aschaffenburger Str. 12

Tel.: +49 6021 150683

21 Kilometer

Let's call it a day:

(same procedure as every day)

5th day: 26th of June 2018

Travel back home by public train

My cute traveling companion

(we didn't have to much communications, as he didn't speak my language)

- End of report -

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