Pfaffenhofen to Moosburg

October 8, 2024

Let's start with a video Janos made from yesterday's ride.

Now on to today, another sunny and mild October day! What luck we are having!

Yesterday the restaurant of Hotel Müllerbräu, that is the restaurant of the Müller brewery, was closed so today I was looking forward to breakfast in the dining room of this old building. The first thing which caught my eye were the old tiled stoves (the translation I found for Kachelofen, I have never heard of them in English), which were used for heating prior to central heating. The fire was made from an opening on the other side of the wall in the hallway and the tiles radiated enough warmth for the whole room.

Breakfast room in traditional Bavarian style

Another tiled stove, and at the end of the string of rooms is where our bikes spend the night.

I took just a few pictures before we got on our bikes.

Enough of Müllerbraäu, time to get on the road. Today's ride was short but we had more climbing than yesterday, and with the hills prettier. We were out of Pfaffenhofen quickly and soon had vistas with fields of hops poles. We had some unpaved bits and a stretch of road under construction in the beginning, otherwise smooth sailing all day.

Most of the dirt surface was easy to ride.

Between the fields were stretches of woods.

I guess I like the looks of fields with hops poles. I took many pictures of them.

Here I had to stop to look at the many mushrooms sprouting on the roadside.

I can only identify a few mushrooms. I have no idea what these are.

Macrolepiota procera or parasol mushroom is one of the few mushrooms I can identify. It is edible and we saw enough of these for a meal.

We passed a few chapels again today.

Pretty in the sun with its red tile roof

A shot through the iron grating of the interior - Perhaps inspired by Lourdes

We hadn't ridden far, but too far to turn back, when we realized we had forgotten to shop for a picnic. We had every intention of not repeating yesterday's mistake, but we did. But today we were luckier and around 11:30 we passed a bakery. It was still kind of early but we seized the opportunity and had coffee/tea and cake and also bought sandwiches to take with us just to be on the safe side. Later in the day we passed a Lidl and a Penny. This time we were not punished for our forgetfulness.

We carry on and I photograph more hops poles.

Hops from the Hallertau - we are no longer in Upper Bavaria but in the Hallertau where the best hops are grown.

The above sign was on this building - a hop kiln barn?

Last stop before we reached Moosburg was a church in Feldkirchen that Janos read was noteworthy. Unfortunately the doors were locked.

Sun dial on the wall of the church - pretty accurate. It was 2:17 on my watch.

Church with locked doors in a nice setting

A place to rest and an apple - we didn't stop here, though.

We had the code for a key box and could let ourselves in when we arrived at our hotel Moosburger Hof, but actually Hotel Mythos with a Greek restaurant where we had dinner. But before I say good night, Janos has a video from today for you.

Oops, I made a mistake. This is the same video as the one at the top. Can't delete it.

I'll try again. Success!

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Today's ride: 42 km (26 miles)
Total: 133 km (83 miles)

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Kathleen JonesLoved both of those videos. So nice to see the surrounding area and you two in action.
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2 months ago

Nancy GrahamI haven’t the vaguest idea how the drone works, but Janos has surely become expert with it. The videos are exceptional.
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2 months ago

Bill ShaneyfeltI also am intrigued by and take many photos of fungi, but rarely land on a positive ID. They are so incredibly variable!
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2 months ago

Patrick O'HaraLove the vids. Well shot!
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2 months ago

Karen PoretAwesome everything! So great we get to experience this virtually..:)
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2 months ago

Suzanne GibsonTo Bill ShaneyfeltSame here. Intrigued and many photos. But they are really hard to photograph half buried in leaves and moss in dark forest and sometimes so tiny. Much patience and time is needed.
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2 months ago

Kirsten KaarsooGreat photos and videos. Brought back great memories of our fall cycling through Germany.
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