Feldberg - Freiburg

This looked good on the map, especially the tourist map of the area. The ski resort of Feldberg, round lake Titisee, the gorge towards Freiburg and visit the medieval center of Freiburg itself before a fast flat ride beside the vineyards back to Basel.
All sounds nice, except this was quite an epic ride of 176km finishing in temperatures around 28 degrees (not too bad) and generally a very scenic route, but this loop will never be repeated. The climb over Feldberg to over 1200m is a very busy route, although very wide and safe enough I'm still not used to vehicles passing from the left hand side. The ski center looks to be a great place for mountain biking, so for sure it would be better to drive up here and continue to explore by mountain bike.
Down to Lake Titisee, this felt like Windermere on a warm sunny day. Bus load of tourists wandering about eating ice cream, it felt too busy to enjoy a rest and lunch break here, so I ate more mini marathon bars (alliteration sounds better than mini snickers) and continued on the road to Freiburg. Despite most roads generally having good access for cyclists, this is one road which is not recommended for non motorised 2 wheelers! Theres no alternative road here to the 31, and although its all downhill this means the heavy trucks and traffic are sitting right on your tail, the speed limit signs gradually increase to 100km and the German cars like to use the full limit and more. Theres a narrow gorge which would be a scenic place to stop, and I do stop just to relieve the tension in my hands from the fear of the rumbing trucks hitting the brakes behind me.
As I take a breath, I see one other road cyclist hurtling down amongst the traffic at great speed, he seems to be enjoying it, but it looks like pure madness.
Not far beyond the pass I do find a bike path which I am very relieved to join and follow this down through some much more enjoyable roads, stopping for a very tasty quiche, carrot cake and coffee about 10km from central Freiburg. This hits the spot, and I quickly tighten the front brake which had become loose on the descent of 31.
After this energy boost I descend to make a brief visit at the market place and Freiburg Munster, but theres just too many people here today to make wandering around with a bike practical.
Originally I was planning to take the train back from Freiburg, but its relatively early and although the thunder clouds are gathering they are forming from the north and I won't be passing through the mountains again on the ride back to Basel, so its a case of find route 3 and follow it as closely as possible via bike paths, or on the road iteslf.