Day 16

Day 16, Saturday June 18

Good breakfast in the morning and up and away, although we were the last of the cyclist to leave the stable, not sure how that came about. I can't give you much of a scenic tour update for today since I don't have windscreen wipers on my glasses. Yep, you read it correctly, after days of beautiful weather the weather conditions changed. After numerous heavy showers of rain in the night we left Rielingen whilst the sky was heavily overcast. We cycled along the Danube and through some lovely villages each with their own rich history. We stopped in Munderkingen where we had our morning tea of hot chocolate and something nice to eat. We struck up a conversation with an English couple who were also cycling but who were on their way home to Ulm where they were living at present.

Anyhow, no sooner we were back on our bikes and riding through some fields when the rain came down, easy at first (allowing us time for our rain coats and pants) but it steadily became heavier. Not a problem initially, we even sang out loud: “we're singing in the rain, oh what a wonderful feeling, etc”. But my mood certainly changed when we lost our way due to a road diversions and when the rain really came bucketing down. I could feel my shoes filling up, squish, squish, squish and as I said couldn't see a thing due to too much water on the glasses! But there was no where to stop for lunch or a guest house in sight therefore no other choice than to just keep cycling on. Anyhow, we did manage to cycle 88km for today and I am here to tell the tale so I did not melt! We did reach the historic and beautiful town of Ulm and when we finally did find some accommodation we did some sightseeing of the centre of town (church has the highest steeple in the world!!!!) and had a delicious Indian meal! Good night for now.

House in the river - Ulm

Ulm church tower in the background