Wednesday Bodensee Tour

So, VERY long Wednesday. Had a bike tour on Wednesday to the Bodensee. Bout a hundred kilometres long.

Started of at Jons with about sixteen people. Then cycled of towards Gschwend and to the Grüntensee. Along the Grüntensee to Wertach and then of to Rettenberg. I don't know al the way, only to about the end of Wertach but the track is at GPSies. So, before Rettenberg we had a very long trip down. Really set up our average speed. Then of towards Immenstadt where we got caught in a short rainstorm. But looking over to Oberstdorf it was nothing. Big rainfall and we were thinking “Good that we don't have to cycle in that”. After Immenstadt it went on towards the Bodensee but as said I don't know the rest. Just know it went through some valleys and then off to the flatlands were we had a brilliant snack.

Shortly after our break we had the first accident of the day. After letting a few cows pass there was a long downhill run. As nearly al of us had mountain bikes we went whizzing down, but Johanna had a trekking bike which didn't really take the first curve that well. Apparently she went flying of the front into grass and then braked of with her head. Lucky she had her helmet on and it was grass. Not a scratch just three lumps on her head which you couldn't see.

After that everything carried on normal but then dads tyre started letting out air. So we waited at the top of a hill until he had repaired it. In the meantime Karin started saying that it was getting late and we should take the train from Hergatz, in which we were at the moment. Shortly later dad came and said his repair tyre had a puncture too, great. So he had to cycle on with his old one letting air out all the time. In Hergatz we got our tickets and shortly after that found out that the train wouldn't take us aboard as it was full of bikes already.

So after that we cycled on to Lindau while five people staid in Hergatz hoping to get the next train. On our way to Lindau I once again said a wrong direction reading from the GPS so we all had to turn round. It then somehow happened that I and Heidi hooked our bike horns together which resulted in me falling on her while her foot was still in the clicky so she broke her foot and a loot of other things. Not a nice sight.

Just great. Next accident which I was in. After calling the ambulance and assuring that everything was legal now we carried on to Lindau were we arrived at about twenty past eight. Dad went on to the hospital to ensure Heidi had arrived safely while the rest of us went to the station to catch the train. But of course it wouldn't take us as it was a “no bike” train. Meant we were going to miss the train in Kempten to Nesselwang. So Julius rang up his Dad and asked if he could pick us all up in the horse truck. All bikes would fit in but not all people so Johanna rang up Jon while we were having a drink on the promenade to ask if he could take the rest.

It turned out that the other five we had left in Hergatz hadn't taken the train either because they weren't let in. As a result they had rung Jon and Egon (Greis Reisen, a bus company) to pick them up. As our train arrived in Hergatz three of us got out and drove with Egon while the rest carried on and was picked up in Kempten by Juliuses dad. Late at night dad was then picked up in Kempten by Sepp or Moni which had offered to pick him up from there.

So very long day with the most misfortune stuff I have had biking till now. But nice views of the valleys and flatlands.

Pictures at Picasa from me and dad.

Bericht at the TV Nesselwang site.