July 29, 2024
To Freudenstadt
Ups and downs
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Today was hard. I don't particularly feel like revisiting it, so will forgo my usual in-the-moment, present tense recount. But it was a day of ups and downs, with some wonderful scenery as a reward for challeging climbs.
Our first downer was realising we had tech difficulties as we left the hotel. Bruce's Wahoo wasn't behaving itself and I didn't have the route on mine. But that was OK. Tour Leader plotted a course that, after a necessary visit to a hole in the wall, eventually took us onto the RadNETZ Black Forest cycle path.
That route soon turned us right and up a steep hill. Our reward for the climb was a detour high above the busy main road down in the valley, riding through lush, forested farming country - green as far as the eye could see. And the steep ride back down to the valley on smooth tarseal was so much fun. Definitely a thumbs up.
Back in the narrow valley, we found ourselves on a busy highway with no shoulder and too many tooting trucks. In an effort to find the cycle path again, we took a punt on a possible shortcut that soon turned into a steep, unrideable push for over 5km. Again, though, we found ourselves in beautiful lush forest - a far cry from the dangerously busy road we'd left behind. The final stretch was a tar-sealed road from the top of the climb, which took no time at all in delivering us to our apartment in Freudenstadt.
So, a day of ups and downs. It was a ride we're pleased to have achieved. But we were at our limit.
We are staying put for three nights in a very comfortable apartment, and there may be very little biking tomorrow.
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Today's ride: 100 km (62 miles)
Total: 275 km (171 miles)
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