Black Forest

The first of August is Swiss day, so the best thing to do is go to Germany as everything is shut down here! A national holiday since 1994, it seems to be more of an excuse to set off lots of fireworks in the streets for a couple of days.
Nice to explore more of the black forest today, taking the bike path to Steinen then heading north climbing gradually to Neuenweg then dropping down to Schonau, on the busy road to Feldberg for a short time then heading up the main climb of the day towards Todtmoos. Most of the motorbikers were heading to Bernau, in the direction of Schluchsee, so there weren't too many of them up this hill. At the top of the climb was a nice restaurant where I had a great spinach omelette and the biggest piece of black forest gateau ever. No need for energy gels today, this lunch was packed with more calories and much tastier than a powerbar as well.
From the restaturant, it was more or less a 20km descent to the Rhine. The most scenic part was diving down the narrow valley towards Wehr, some overhanging cliffs in places.
Eventually, back in Switzerland and Rhinefelden I refilled the water bottles from one of the more attractive water fountains. These fountains are everywhere in all towns and villages, just dont drink from the ones labelled "kein trinkwasser". 
A good loop this one, the run back will be repeated in future but there are so many other options available, especially heading back west after the hills towards the vineyard areas.
Warming up a lot today, around 26 degrees and sunny and looking good for the next week, July has been cool and showery.

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