Odenwald

We had a fantastic weekend in Ober-Liebersbach in the Odenwald area of Germany (just north of Heidelberg). No rain - just blue sky and sunshine (good for the daytime but bloody cold at night, there was even frost on the bike one night !). Met lots of old friends and also made some new ones too. Maura made it all the way from Italy and, despite my snoring, she camped next to our tents and captured us sat around the camp stove.

We left on Monday morning (17th October) and on the advice of Jens (the bike meeting organiser) we are now staying in the walled city of Rothenberg ob der Tauber which is an old medieval city looking like a setting from a Hammer House of Horrors film.

Went to the famous Kathe Wohlfahrt Christmas shop and bought Gina some more bits for her tree - I know that I will have to bring her back here, she will absolutely love it.

Inside the Christmas Shop

Tomorrow will have to be an earlyish start so that we can make the 420km ride to Essen and be ready in time to take Svetlana out for a meal in the evening. The only cloud on the horizon IS a cloud on the horizon that looks like bringing heavy rain for our trip to Berlin - never mind...