August 25, 2018
To Havelburg
It was a much cooler today and we started off in coats which remained on all day. The wind was up, sometimes it was just what we needed but most of the time it was in our faces and slowing us down.
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We started later to avoid arriving as early as we did yesterday and having to wait around for our check in time. All the way to Wittenberg we were on a flood bank and now instead of the crops we had been passing through previously there were animals in the fields a mixture of cattle and sheep. In the present conditions they are all needing supplementary feeding.
Arriving in Wittenberg it was soon clear why I have had a bit of trouble with accommodation the whole town was indulged in an enormous party. I will never believe it if people tell me that Germans don't have fun. Every type of amusement was happening, there were bands, dancers, acrobats, jugglers, food, beer and much more. The crowds were huge and we found it quite difficult to push the bikes through. The fun was contagious. Ken got me a helium balloon for the back of my bike and it is flying happily along. We found out it was Brandenburgertag and this type of thing was happening all over Brandenburg.
Leaving the town it all seemed very quiet then it started to rain a bit but miraculously a restaurant appeared and in we popped to shelter from the rain and have some very nice soup for lunch. The rain had stopped when we came out. Very soon we left the Elbe and started to follow the Havel, it is this river that we will follow to Berlin as we leave the Elbe Radweg and start following the Havel Radweg. Getting into Havelburg we saw that the town was in two parts, the Aldstat is on an island and the rest of the town on the right bank. Being in Bandenburg there was fun going on.
Our accommodation is very weird. It is an apartment and required 4 sets of keys for us to eventually get into it.
Today's ride: 77 km (48 miles)
Total: 254 km (158 miles)
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