The rain has stopped, but, still cloudy and cool.
A very short drive, approximately 35 miles, to Mannheim, Camping Strandbad (N49.450137, E8.445048). A site on the banks of the River Rhine, just outside of Mannheim. It has mixed reviews, on SearchForSites, (one good one bad).So far, it appears to be a typical "city" campsite, ie, a bit rough at the edges, but, contrary to the (bad) review, the warden seems a perfectly likeable chap, to us. One point, not mentioned in the reviews, is the extremely tight entrance, and narrow approach road, I don't know what you would do if you met something coming the other way, certainly beyond my reversing skills to reverse through that entrance!
We arrived around lunch time, so, after lunch, we set off on the bicycles for a "small" explore.
Apparently, it is not permitted to ride bicycles in "the park", but, there is an excellent cycle route, following the river (we are told after inadvertently cycling where we should not have been).
First, we ride through a forested area on the banks of the Rhine, then into a more urban, park area.
Kathleen is having an adventurous day, we cross the river on a large road/railway bridge (with dedicated cycle track of course, cycle onto an island in the Rhine, through a park, then, back via another even larger bridge, again with dedicated cycle track.
We find our way remarkably well, with only a
No problem, after a small detour, planned of course, through a rather shabby area of warehouses and docks, we emerge, back on the cycle track we recognise.
I'm jealous (E probably less so!). We have missed our second tour of the year in exchange for a Baltic Cruise. Marella (all tips included) It filled in a lot of European capitals which we enjoyed, especially St Petersburg or perhaps, in the future as our guide remarked Putinburg. This cruise is recommended but we are cruised out for another few years at least! I had looked at doing some of these places via caravan but the distances and apparent lack of good sites put me off.
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We stayed at Lac D'Orient this year having the worst weahther of any trips, ever and it was wet and windy most days however Troyes (Troys as I said it or Trois as we were informed) was really nice.
On our cruise we really noticed the scourge that is e-scooters, lying abandoned everywhere - just as well they are illegal, so far in UK.
Brexit wise you are missing nothing except further worsening of the situation IMHO!
As I said, we are starting to prepare for two UK trips next year but our mover is currently misbehaving - it appears to have lost its MoJo so to speak and can't get up the ramps that have worked well for 7 years. After a lot of involved testing of current, voltage etc, etc, a battery change at £100 is the cheapest replacement possible. Everything points to that but it has been tested and certified as sound (I've got the discharge curve!) Anyway, it has to be fixed for next year..
I note that the area you are in is close to places we have been such as Baden Baden (like a spa town, Freudenstadt (largest town square ever with Black Forest Gatox galore and Bad Liebenzell (cheap ACSI site, or was).
Glad to hear you are back in the saddle and all seems well.
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