Today saw a bit of a convoluted sort of plan. About one and a half weeks ago I started my new job for the summer (more or less a glorified lawnmower, but pay is good) and have been rather knackered after every day. I had told myself over and over again the last few weeks that I have to get back in to biking and looking at a few of the old blog entries, I was hyping up my motivation (and depression) about how much I had biked five years ago. So yesterday I agreed to bike to Brian for a cuppa with mum later in the day. Waking up in the morning the sky was overcast and I wasn't to sure if it would hold until the evening. And as biking up the Elleg usually isn't to much off a workout I decided to go biking in the morning and then in the afternoon to Brian's with mum.
So, got the bike and me ready and then
it was off to the Hängesteeg. Haven't been there in years (duh!) and
remember it being a rather nice bike with lots of different views
(and I don't think I'll manage the Alpspitze yet). About a kilometre
down the road I stopped and put on my warm jumper as the wind was
proving rather chilly and it was only going to get colder in
Wertachtal. Along the Wertach jumping over puddles and splashing
through mud and towards the Bischhofstein. The actual path along the
Wertach at the Stich turn-off had been “closed” (one, not
official looking sign) to the public because of a landslide, but I
carried on anyway. Further along I found out that the landslide had
been cleared.
At the Bischhofstein I then turned up
towards Wildberg and was in for the longest climb. Didn't turn out to
bad as I still was fresh and zoomed up before biking through the
hills around Wildberg to the Hängesteeg. Getting down to the
Hängesteeg was interesting, though, as the metal ramps were
extremely slippery. Managed with only a small slide here and there
and carried on up to the main road towards Rückholz, getting cheered
on by a family walking along the same track.
Once at the main road I followed a
short detour to Rückholz that usually takes you on the Sieben Seen
tour and after that through Hirschbühl around the back of the
Rückholzer Steig and over the motorway. Back in to Nesselwang
through Schneidbach and happy to be home as the last five kilometres
had my legs and stamina slowly going down.
In the evening the weather still didn't
look to much better and I had come down with a slight cough, so I
asked mum if we could drive instead of biking.
