Mainz to Heildelberg

no idea what this thing is... some sort of welcoming man-monkey...

Heidelburg at night after a few dunkels...

part of the university castle at Heidelburg

I don´t know wether this is sinister or not...

the huge tower as i was leaving Mannhiem behind

night evening light on a building in Heidelburg.

in Mannhiem, the Borg made an appearance, carried out some group assimilations and probings, then left...

attack of the telegraph poles...

there was a festival in Mannhiem, and it took ages to wheel the bike through the pulsing sweating throngs...

I met this dude down the side of the Rhine. He basically has opted out of society, and was travelling up from Southern Spain and making his money by playing music on a flute he made himself. His dog was all over me and was called Liza, and rides around in the front of his bike, which can be seen in the background next to his tent. He also put a drop of oil on the chain for me, and it´s done wonders. (He was a bit of a space-cadet to be honest...)

Funny place name, also one for you Owen..!!! Notice the British place it´s twinned with..? Didn´t you live there..?

mad fountain in Mannhiem. I met a couple from London here, and the bloke was giving it loads about the FA Final, and I had a hard time convincing him I was a blue... and then rubbing it in again..!

Down the Rhine, this day was a cracker and really hot, so I dumped the bike for awhile and took off my trainers and socks and had a good soak for awhile... just what the doctor ordered...

loading the bike onto yet another barge to cross a river... it´s sometimes nessecary to make these crossings two or three times a day, depending on how the paths are laid out...

the bike is holding up well...

another random block in the road... everyday something like this crops up at some point, some more difficult than others to get around or through. All good fun tho..!

just come off another ferry and getting help from a German couple.

poppy field

Wild flowers in the reserve.

Part of the Rhine that is a nature reserve is absolutely gorgeous. There were huge eagles, hares, pheasants, all sorts of different birds and cuckoos, and the path took me right through the lot of it. With the sun shinning down aswell it was a cracker.

The path suddenly deteriorated so fast, I found myself stuck in really thick clay. This stuff was so difficult to remove, I had to eventually call at someones farm and try to blast it away with water but it done nothing, so it was back to using a stick for about an hour. It was like glue...

a large type of Heron I think... so much wildlife in this part of the Rhine.


mad radar dishes from out of no-where...