Connal Tours European Cycling Adventure. The ABC Tour – Adriatic to the Baltic Cycling Tour.
Cycle Day 19: Sünna to Waltershausen (Germany). 61.23km (758vm). One small spike (1 km) and one very big spike (10km) 6-16%. We missed the rain that was threatening today. We went one way, it went another. But when you do hills you get rewarded with views and the beautiful feeling of a good downhill. The roads today were great with good surfaces, which made the hill work a tad more pleasant (minimal traffic to contend with). Big downhill to start. First small spike took us into the forests again. Some rather dreary towns with not apparently much open, until after circling, we finally found a bakery for coffee & cake. Then we knew we were in for the big climb of 8km. Up into the Thuringian Forest. Obviously, lots of logging going on. First section which was the steepest, at least was a one-way road for cars (oncoming to us). This helped not having the pressure of traffic behind on a climb. Relief to have got to the high point today, yet a few small inclines which really hurt before we could celebrate with having done the day. Beautiful old town centre to explore before giving into drinks & food.
Day 19 of 7 weeks cycling the 2400km from south coast to north coast in Europe and a little bit extra.
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