Life is not a Practice

The night before we were at the legendary Klotz VWF (pictures at http://picasaweb.google.com/jon.nesselwang/VWF2010#) and in the morning I was carrying the sports club flag at the Fire Brigade Festival. So in the afternoon I was wide awake and raring to go (after a quick sleep :-)

54 kilometers through stunning Allgäu and Tirol countryside. Green fields surrounded by high mountains. We live in such a beautiful place.



Track at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=hyahsziagplsgekk

Sunday morning and I was writing a report for my studies when Jon rang up. He convinced me that an hour on the race bikes would be good for me.

Track is at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=krpqkoqkiduleadf

Was meant to be a racing bike tour through Tannheimertal but I got a puncture in Grän and Alison had to come and get me.

Track at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=bpjnotpxbrvaoihk

The same route as on 20 March http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=tafktkuunyzqneur but this time it was much much warmer. last time you could stand on the ice but today there were people swimming. 46 kilometers just seem to roll by on a race bike.

On a hot (29°C in the shade), sunny summers day we cycled along the Iller Radweg from Oberstdorf to Kempten. "We" were Alison and I, Heidi and Hermann and Irene Z.

The path is nearly all downhill to Kempten and hard gravel. It is a bit of a bike motorway but very scenic and easy to cycle. We stopped for a coffee at the water ski lake in Immenstadt and again at Kempten station for a bite to eat.



From Kempten Station, Heidi and I then cycled home to Nesselwang through the Kemptener Wald.



Track at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=yjuyoeebrqwyoehw

All the pictures at http://picasaweb.google.com/neill.hogarth/IllerRadweg#

A quick race bike tour on a sunny afternoon. Yes, it has finally stopped raining :-)

Track at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=gvqyydptcpwowqjz

The trip out with max this morning should have been enough but this evening Jon rang and suggested a racing bike tour.

22km around the Grüntensee and then up to Oy and the mast in Maria Rain.

At last the summer is back. Max and I were out for a Sunday morning bike ride in to Jungholz and back home.



Track at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=ittvtwzeovrvygcj

Max wrote about the trip at http://sites.google.com/site/hogarthadventures/biking/any-time

Every one needs an aim in life. Ours was just to enjoy two days of cycling together but that did not sound like a real "target" so we agreed that our "reason" was to drink an ice coffee in the middle of Munich.



We left Nesselwang at 11:30 and were in Walkertshofen (Hotel Burgberg - http://www.hotelburgberg.de/) for our evening meal - 85kms.
http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=lhcjrwscljcphsyw

After a great night in Hotel Burgberg we left at 09:00 and reached the Karlsplatz (Stachus) in Munich about eight hours later - 92kms
http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=ameyeksauxuqscpw

On the way we also found a Geocache
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=88e7c627-4926-4aa9-a5e9-109cbd8e24ca

We caught the train home and then cycled back from Seeg to Nesselwang - 11kms
http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=lefbymecbbibwlah

A total for the weekend of 188kms and loads of fun.

All my pictures are at http://picasaweb.google.com/neill.hogarth/StachusForIcedCoffee#

Jon's photos are at http://picasaweb.google.de/jon.nesselwang/AprilTour2010#

Sepp has written a full report of the weekend (in German) under the title of "April Tour nach München 24-25/04/2010". It is at http://home.allgaeu.org/a3453/2010%20Bike%20Season%20ger.htm

Another sunny day in Indiana. Our plane die not leave for Europe until late afternoon so Norbert and I decided to go out and have some fun.



We headed up to Town Run Park Mountain Biking Trail ( http://www.indianaoutfitters.com/mtn_biking/town_run.htm ) and after a few tries found the car park. The southern section was closed due to roadworks but the northern section was fun enough. After a slow trip round to check out the trail, we went round again at speed taking photos on the way. Norbert then did another "quick" run and covered the whole route in 22 minutes.

This was my first time on a specially created mountain bike trail and I really enjoyed it. Especially good was knowing that no one was coming the other way.

All the pictures are at http://picasaweb.google.com/neill.hogarth/2010Indiana#