Another very hot day with temperatures topping 38 degrees centigrade this afternoon. However, the big story is that Bob and Mark are now travelling separate routes.
Cliff-side church as the river winds through the limestone gorge
Bob favours cycling due east by road on the logical basis that this is more direct and will consequently take less time. Whereas, after Thursday's dangerous ride into the Black Forest, when the boys were fighting with multi-axled lorries and their horns, Mark is taking the far safer and easier Donau-Radweg - the bike route that follows the Danube. This will inevitably add 200+ miles to the route, but he believes it is worth it on grounds of safety and observing the landscape in detail. And thus there was an amicable parting at Herbertingen.
Mark's 184 Km (102.5 miles) bike ride took him out of the Black Forest and into Baden Wurtemberg, The Danube is now sufficiently wide for dams, hydro-electric power-plants and a great many holiday camps. There were literally hundreds of Germans swimming or kayaking down the river - and in the heat who could blame them. But the bike route is also graced by trees that provide plenty of cover from the sun. Mark finally called it a day in the town of Hochstadt and Bob reports he is close to Munich. Sound progress by both individuals.
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