Day 295 10/5
45miles (Oldenberg to Bonnerahe) Average speed 11.6 mph Top speed 26 mph
I got up at 8 and cooked egg and bacon with tea. Left at 10 with rain in the air. I was glad to have packed up in time to avoid it. I left the the campsite through the swimming pool, but there was still no-one at reception. As I hadn’t been able to access toilet or showers, I left, because it’s not my fault they can’t handle check in and out! I headed east as best I could but found navigation difficult with no battery. Eventually I stopped in Berne for coffee and found the ferry across the Wessel, €1.60 was a bargain after I had to go 12 miles out of my way yesterday to cross a river!
On board the ferry across the River Wessel
After the ferry I had to wait for a train to pass but it didn’t take long. I followed good cycle paths all the way today except for paved areas in towns and the occasional tree root. I made regular stops at Aldis and Lidls to buy batteries for radio and doughnuts with energy drinks to keep me going. I tried a McDonalds for wifi but there was no way of charging my phone so a quick coffee and I was off again. I avoided Bremen and went further north through small towns and villages.
Lunch
I stopped by a campsite for a late lunch and I had no power for my phone and no sun to charge it and the next campsite was 13 miles away; it looked like raining and I needed a shower, so I checked in to this campsite and found a bio shop just up the road for some organic beer and set myself up outside the closed restaurant to cook pasta with chicken.
Dinner
Organic beer
Phone charged, washing done and a full belly, all is well as I listen to the cuckoos and other birdsong all around me.
Camping Heidehof 9€