To Blumenow

June 3, 2025

Shorts but not quite T-shirt weather

Our host at the Kanu Muhle (translation canoe mill) organized a nice ¨campers¨ breakfast for us to start our day. Afterward we said our good-byes and headed back toward Wesenberg. We quickly cycled through the town before turning southwest onto a quiet straight-line country road for the next 5KM. The route became more interesting as we began to zig zag through forested areas and country just full of lakes. Some times we were on dirt paths right beside the lake`s edge and other times on roads with the lakes just past a thick band of trees. Our first stop was around the 30KM mark at Fürstenberg/Havel - a larger centre where we could get a coffee. We also picked up something for dinner as the information we had about our destination was that there were no near by restaurants.

With a couple of hard boiled eggs this was the "campers breakfast".

This book was for sale in the Kanu-Muhle reception area. As it was the German edition it would not be very useful for us.

Loading up after our stay at Kanu-Muhle in Wesenburg.

The first 5KM were smooth and fast and straight ahead. Up ahead the farm lands gave way to the forest.

Drosedow was the first village we passed and they had alot of the original rock roads through it. Here we ride at the very edges.

We did encounter many more cyclists though. They easily passed us on their ebikes.

Slow and fun. The lake Trünnensee is just on the right.

Here it is! Scott was very tempted to pull the bathing suit and take a dip. He said five degrees warmer and he would go.

Logging in the pine forest. This is a real beast of a machine. It cuts and then segments the tree into identical length logs in one smooth motion.

Not exactly west coast firs or cedars but useful wood for sure.

The lakes are connected with canals and sometimes require locks.

We passed a number of signs providing this long distance cycle route information.

We occasionally see a monument acknowledging war sacrifices. Usually they are from the first world war. This one is near Fürstenberg.

Our lunch stop looking out at Schwedtsee. The Schwedtsee belongs to the Fürstenberg Lake District. It is one of the three lakes that frame the town.

The cycling routes here can be so amazing. This one sign shows that there are eight different routes sharing this directional sign.

This tank is located on the road to Ravensbrückin concentration camp. It is a Soviet SU-100 tank from the Second World War and it commemorates the Soviet fall in the region.

Himmelpfort lock between Stolpsee and Haussee. The barge operator was very talkative, explaining the lock process to us as we stood on the bridge looking down from above.

Clear sailing once through the lock to the Stolpsee.

Blumenow, our destination for today, is a village that is in a wooded and lake-rich environment, about thirteen kilometres southeast of Fürstenberg. We chose to say here primarily because it was a good day's cycling distance for us and there was nice accommodation for the the night. Unfortunately, there was not much more than that. We find that the ride along the Berlin Kopenhagen route is full of natural settings with some very small towns sprinkled around. There can be few choices of where to spend the night. Even satisfying our coffee addictions can be problematic! But with the great weather we have been very happy with the wonderful cycling.

Arriving in Blumenow. You have to love a community that decorates bikes as flower displays.

The Storchenhof grounds have a long history of containing a castle, farming lands and even a brewery. Now it is a small hotel / event venue. The renovation of the main building is in a very nice vintage post and beam style.

We were enjoying a beer in the front plaza area by ourselves.

and the Storchenhof really does have a nesting stork on the top of an old factory chimney.

Likely a Swallow of some type. Many of these birds around but they rarely stop flying.

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Today's ride: 48 km (30 miles)
Total: 1,178 km (732 miles)

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Michael HutchingWe were fortunate to be given that Bikeline Guide by a generous French couple on our 2019 ride from Copenhagen to Venice. Your photos are bringing back a lot of memories - we did swim in a lake and the temperature was ok. That Russian tank - rather rusty then- looks a lot more prepossessing now with a new coat of paint. Happy travels- and tanks for the memories! Michael
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