So, the yearly Walkertshofen cycling
tour was planned for this weekend. As it turned out we were so many
people this year we set of in two separate groups. Group 2 left at
10.15 and group 1 let Jons house at 11.00. Set of towards
Hammerschmiede after everybody was ready and continued down
Wertachtal and onwards. Haven't got a clue where we headed after
that, but we had four GPS's in our group, so we couldn't get lost.
First stop was in the shade of a hut
and whilst we were having our brotzeit group 2 overtook us, to the
surprise of everyone. Turned out they had had a break at a place and
we had overtaken them. After getting some water by a friendly farmers
wife it was on to Mindelheim were we had an ice. Until Mindelheim it
had gone downhill or nice and flat so we were not really prepeared
for the four hills in the way. But after some strenuous uphill
cycling we arrived at Dieters and had a brilliant evening (and played
UNO).
Track at GPSies.
Day 2:
Set of after a delicious breakfast with
an aching bum, but that seems to be standard by every cycler. Group 2
started a bit earlier due to my lack of timing (they said 9o'clock
and wanted to leave at 8.45) but were overtaken after a short while
by group 1. After travelling along some newly stoned ways (which were
not very nice) we continued through our patch of of-trail forest,
which Hopsing always somehow manages to do with a trailer. After that
we continued on and had no pause until the 40 Km mark was reached:
After a short “Arschpause” we continued on to Kaufbeuren where we
had some lunch. Just as we finished group 2 arrived so the waiters
weren’t overworked. After kaufbeuren it continued on, uphill at
some point, but we arrived in Nesselwang to have a refreshing ice.
Track at GPSies.
Time in saddle: approximately 10 hours (5 hours a day)
