We chose the cycle path for my pack day because it was shorter and flatter. The only problem is you have to be very alert for some unforgiving riders although most are over sixty so there is plenty of time to escape. But Corrie chooses to give them a wide berth anyway in case of a potential senior moment.

I tried the pack and suffered no pain because at the first twinge I took my medications and that prevented any pain, but it was hard. So another few days without my pack because good friends will be meeting up with us and we can go packless – I am finding it a bit of a strain. 

Most of the walk was rural with some delightful landscapes. In the foreground were plum and huge apple trees with an older man presenting Corrie with one of the many apples lying on the ground.. We said “hullo” to a few grey haired folk who were collecting apples and they wanted to know about us. So we chatted for a while, it seemed they were friends helping with the now not very good apples but their English was not good enough to find out why they weren’t picked. Some of the trees were huge, never seen them like that before. 

In the distance the hills provided a beautiful backdrop and old frail buildings a link to the past. Arriving at our destination after a long three hours, easy for Corrie, we got out the GPSl but it wasn’t helping us a lot. After three girls said they didn’t know; a very confident man said straight then left, the next, an older man said straight then right, a young mum wanted to see our GPS but it didn’t help and then we said the name of the platz and she pointed to the next street.

We got a map and headed for the river Tauber. This, the strongest river we have seen has a simple explanation for its name – it is the Celtic name for water. Following it through our sleeping place tonight – Bad Mergenthiem made a hard day a lot easier. While the river cut short its journey into BM we continued through it for nearly two kms, a very long piece of grass. You will hear a lot more about this river as we follow it south. We finished the day walking around our new home admiring the many platz and their typical German building delights.