The actual start of the Donau River may be a little disappointing but that certainly wasn’t the case as the river left the town. It meandered thru wide open valleys covered in green and yellow stuff. Of course this wouldn’t last… and gradually the valley become narrower with steeper sides. but, at least today I didn’t have to climb out of the valley, just follow the river downstream.
Needless to say there are always some challenges. the first today was this bridge. It’s not so easy carrying 45 kilos of unwieldy bike and bags down wobbly stairs. If I’d been smart, I would have cycled just ½ kilometre further and used a lovely wide smooth bridge. C’est la vie.
Now I must say that I can fully understand why the Danube Cycle Route is so popular. It has superb scenery, towering cliff (at least this part has) and the obligatory castle dotted here and there.
I could have cycled on for ages, but my legs said NO. They considered that they’d done their work yesterday so we compromised on distance. In fairness it was surprising the amount of up and down one had to go along the forest paths long side the river.
Even the Thunder and Rain co-operated and waited til the 5pm….