Subtitle: Ach, mein Arsch!

• distance cycled: 67.2 miles (Mainz to north of Koblenz)
• cumulative distance: 629.6 miles

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• distance cycled: 36.8 miles (Worms to Mainz-Hechtsheim) + 7.3 miles (hotel to laundry in central Mainz and back)
• cumulative cycling: 556.1 miles

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Because Sarah Connor (this one, not that one) is playing Worms Jazz and Joy!

•  distance cycled: 41.8 miles (Speyer to Worms)
• cumulative cycling: 512.0 miles

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Because I just had to cycle the circular path around Schloss Karlsruhe. Not a reference to anyone’s aching nethers at all!

• distance cycled: 30 miles (Karlsruhe to Speyer)
• cumulative cycling: 470.2 miles

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photos from 15 August

Getting out of Karlsruhe	A portion of giraffes?
What is a ‘salle polyvalente’?	A serious international border!
Not the Rubicon!	How knew we were suddenly in Germany
The other clue	Elly with cocktail

… so are now in Germany

• distance cycled: 59.7 miles (Strasbourg to Karlsruhe)
• cumulative cycling: 440.2 miles

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because so many place names in Alsace end in ‘-heim’. My favourites so far are Algolsheim and Plobsheim, with Ohnenheim (which I mistranslate as ‘homeless’) coming a close third. 

• Distance cycled: 48.1 miles (Neuf-Brisach to Strasbourg, including 3.6 miles that cyclemeter didn’t record)
• cumulative cycling: 380.5 miles

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• distance cycled: 43.0 miles (Basel to Neuf-Brisach)
• cumulative cycling: 332.4 miles

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Our first 50-mile day! You don’t want to see certain parts of me. Continue reading →

• cycling distance: 48.6 miles (Konstanz to Kaiserstuhl)
• cumulative distance: 234.0 miles

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