Day 14 Strasbourg to Obernai

A few years ago while researching one of our previous bike tours I came across a forum where someone had asked how long they should give themselves to cross a certain part of France.  There were many replies but the one which stuck in my mind was "as long as possible, why on earth  would you want  to hurry."

That certainly applies to Alsace.  We had a great start to the morning with an excellent bakery just round the corner from the campsite for breakfast then half  a mile to get  back on the cycle path which followed the small, muddy but extremely tranquil Canal du Bruche out of the city for about 16 miles to Molshiem where we stopped for a snack and a wander round.

So far today our route had been a very gradual climb from Strasbourg.  The profile on my Garmin cycle computer was however showing a bloody great spike of about 250 feet up and down over about half a mile, I had almost convinced myself that it was just a GPS gremlin when we came across a steep 14% gradient climb over some vineyards.  Fortunately it was very short and we were soon rolling through more ridiculously picturesque towns to Obernai where we had decided to have an early stop after about  25 miles.

We arrived in Obernai about 1:30, checked into the campsite then went for a swim at the local outdoor pool.

We then had a wander round the beautiful town, had a beer and got some  supplies for dinner at the campsite.
One of the downsides of short days cycling is that Sandra has more time for shopping! She also led me astray  (again!) so we now have 2 extra pairs of shoes to fit in our panniers.

When  we got back to the campsite we met up with a couple of Dutch bike tourist we had spoken to at Saint Louis a couple of nights  ago and have been doing our  bit for  Visit Scotland, we might  be getting a few visitors after this trip