Today we set off wanting to do a shorter route – which we achieved at 70km. The weather was also a bit cooler than yesterday with some cloud cover and a breeze in the afternoon.

It was a bit of a navigational mission to get out of Plattling, across motorways and back on the Danube. This all went according to plan and we were back on the river, on the north bank, after about 20km. From here it was reasonably easy going. The route varied from easy tar sealed bike routes to compacted earth on stop banks.

   

We stopped for ice cream from the supermarket at the town of Bogen (should be the sister city to Lower Hutt?).

We decided to start looking for accommodation earlier today – and we first stopped at Kirchroth – which advertised some rooms from the cycle path. When we got there it was pretty dead. The advertised gasthaus had a sign on the door saying they were on holiday. The gasthaus opposite looked good, but no one responded when we knocked. So we rode on.

A few km further we passed a sign that said radler hotel. We wondered whether there were any shops nearby, but Kris decided to stop and ask the proprietor. We learnt that the nearest shop was 3km, but that they could provide beer and wine and bread and cheese, so we we stopped.

      

 

      

This has proved to be a very relaxing place to spend an afternoon/ evening. We have our own little house and porch next to the big house. The owner is retired but building a swimming pool out back. He came and had a beer and chat with us. He used to be a German traffic policeman. He showed us this photo of the fish his son caught in the Danube near Regensburg. It was 2m long and 100kg. The fish was released live back into the river after the photo was taken.