Day 16- Donauwörth to Obersaal- 126.3 kms

12 Jun

Today was another bad Garmin day...

I thought that I might get som joy talking to the Garmin folk back in Australia but after spending time with them for about nearly 2 hours there was no result. The good news was the delayed start meant we could have the hotel breakfast which was good and cheap ( 3 Euros)

Waking at 5.30 and the muck around with the Garmin meant we started our journey at 7.50 am which was later than our recent starts. The other piece of good news with the later start was we missed the early morning rain and had a start with some sun but cool.... about 10 degrees

The early riding was flat and we decided to have an easier riding day after putting in some bigger days earlier.

The first real stop was just short of Neuberg where we had a drink and a cake and purchased some supplies for the day.

Then it was on to Ingolstadt which is a large town north of Munich where we thought we might find a bike shop to get a replacement rear vision mirror and make some enquires regarding Garmin maps

Well the mirror was replaced quite easily but as per usual the Garmin was a problem so in the end I will give up the Garmin as a map and course tool.

The whole situation regarding downloading of maps remotely in foreign countries is a mess and the customer help is a real mess with no person on the help desk able to help. My mistake was not downloading the maps in Melbourne before I left on the trip

After spending another 2 hours mucking around we had lunch at Ingolstadt then resume to ride

The weather had picked up but we were finding the mosquitoes really bad when not riding...

The trip to Weltenberg was fairly uneventful but arriving at the road and bike trail stopped at a ferry terminal....

This is the start of a beautiful part of the Danube which passes through a very pretty gorge but the only way to get along the river is by ferry...

With all of the delays during the day we were fortunate to catch the last ferry at 6.30 pm

The journey to Kelheim was great on the boat and we managed to get some dinner on the boat. A bratwurst susauge and chips..... great food !!!

Arriving at Kelheim we located a fruit shop and purchased some fruit to have at our next accommodation.

We quickly made the 15 km ride to our accommodation which is a self contained flat in the rear of a house at Obersaal. The owner of the house is Barbara who has set the rental apartment up so well. The day ended on the bike at about 7.30 pm

I will be having a quick dinner of fruit then hopping in to bed

Now for the photos....

Me at the Danube