We stayed three days in the lovely town of Beilngries. The first day we went for a 20km bike ride along the canal to the beautiful walled town of Berching. We rode around the walls and turrets and tried to find an ice cream shop but they were all closed on a Monday.
It was a very hot day. Perfect weather! Unfortunately we got a puncture in one of the bikes on the way home. Luckily it was only 3km from the boat.
On the way back we stopped to admire the monastery at Plankstetten.
On Tuesday we spent the day painting (or touching up) the hull and generally cleaning the boat from top to toe.
We wandered over to see the old location of Ludwig’s Canal, the original canal built to link the Main with the Danube some 150 years ago. Not much was left of it. A huge barge went by as we crossed over the bridge.
On Wednesday we left at 6.30 am as we had a long long way to get to Nuremberg. Unfortunately at the first lock we were delayed with commercial traffic for 3 hours. That turned a 9 hour day into a 13 hour day and we arrived at the Nuremberg Motor Boat Club tired and thirsty. We passed through more very deep and turbulent locks that day.
On Thursday we left for Forchheim and were met there by Nick. After a lovely BBQ in the garden. On Friday we spent the day relaxing in the garden before heading to Kreuzberg beer Garden in the evening where I had the best BBQ’s mackerel ever. Slowly cooked over a wood fire and served in paper. Accompanied by a litre of delicious beer. Wendy had a shoulder of pork with dumplings.
There were many happy people easting and drinking in the warm evening and Cindy, Nick and Monika’s dog found it all very comfortable as well.
On Saturday we went shopping for hardware bits and pieces and on Sunday we left in the afternoon for Bamberg. We wandered into the town for a lovely meal. This week we head back down the Main River with Nick and Monika and Vivien and Leslie and Cindy.
