We had an early start. The route had an easy gradient, though the Swiss cycling roads seem to have short steep diversions every now and then (just going off the river, up and then down again).

We crossed border into Switzerland again very soon at the start of our journey. Right-away we saw the Aare river joining the Rhine. The Aare river is of a similar size to the early Rhine at this point.

The rest of the route today followed the Aare river, with many stretches alongside it.

A very bossy woman out jogging stopped and gave Kris instructions on the route to Aarburg. Having sent us along the “correct” cycle route, she popped up again on the road alongside us as she was obviously on a direct route and her instructions sent us on a short detour. She then waved her arms and shouted that we should carry on straight ahead.

We made a quick detour to look at the old town of Brugg.

      

The next beautiful town was Olten.

After Olten part of the path was actually overhanging the water – more of a walking and jogging path than a cycling path.

Here is a picture showing Swiss cycling infrastructure in Olten.

Aarburg is a pretty town as well, with a castle up on the hill above it. 

    

The campsite is just out of town. We were camping as all the accommodation we investigated in Switzerland is very expensive. The campsite was clean and the people were friendly, however the facilities are not as good as in New Zealand. For instance we couldn’t get hot water to make coffee. We were relieved that our tent worked well (this is the first time we put it up). Our very basic camping equipment did not make for a comfortable sleep.