August 2, 2023
Heede our Last night in Germany
We almost managed to escape the rain
Again the weather sites told us that the best time to escape most of the rain and the worst of the wind was between 7am and 11am. This meant an early start again and the fact once more we would arrive long before the check in time for the hotel
The weather was not too bad when we left and to start with we were travelling through an immaculate rural area along the perfect bike paths that we have become accustomed to. At one stage there was a big tractor sweeping the cycle way so we weren’t at any time bothered by twigs and leaves as we rolled along. There were seats at intervals and beside each a rubbish bin lined by a bag
We came to an industrial area and then turned onto a cycleway along a busy road with the Kurstenkannal on one side ( though mostly obscured by trees) and boggy looking waste land on the other. The Canal is actually very wide and I am sure that in the past it had very busy water traffic. Today however we only saw a couple of barges and all the goods seemed to be being carried by the massive trucks that thundered passed us on the roads. There was one bit of excitement though Ken heard the characteristic sounds of a 2 cylinder tractor, it passed us and turned off so he was off after it. When with great delight he caught it it was a 2cylinder air cooled Deutz going to the dump with a trailer load of rubbish.
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Shortly afterwards we turned off on the last few kilometres to Heede and it started to rain. There was a rather bleak bridge we sheltered under for a while. After about 15 minutes we gave up and decided to get wet. Heede is a pretty very small town. It was very early but we were very lucky to come on a warm dry restaurant to wait out our time. We had a coffee, then we ordered Bratwurst mit pommes (very good indeed). Then we waited and waited, other diners came and went, we had a cup of tea then just as the owner thought she would have us for ever we were off. The RadlerScheune where we are staying had an extremely welcoming lady and we have what seems like a small apartment
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9 months ago
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Ken has found a shop and bought a pizza that we can heat up and we can buy a bottle of wine here. He tells me that the little town has quite a big church with lots of people around it. He found the war memorial which has 40 World War 1 names and over that from World War 2. That is a lot for this small area.
Tomorrow we head into Netherlands. We intend going to Emmen and the hotel we are aiming for has 24hr reception so at least we will be able to shelter there if we need to
Today's ride: 46 km (29 miles)
Total: 188 km (117 miles)
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