Thursday 3rd of October.

On the 2nd I left my friends in Tilburg in Hoilland after spending a very happy night with them and their new 7 month old Son. I was on a mission to sort the brakes that were grabbing on light pressure. Fixed. My old helmet had been battle scarred and was loose by now and smelly. Helmet pong. Not nice. And the usual troubles with Garmin remain. For the Company that sells the most units for bilkes (GPS units) they run a pretty poor business. Anyway I spen the day at it and that night in Thorn. A "created" tourist resort on a lake and river. Ordinary and expensive. However Yesterday started well, cool but clear. I took Particks advice and visited his small village in Germany, Hammer, I can see why someone would want a holiday house there. Almost Hansel and Gretle stuff, pretty as a picture on a card, walkers everywhere and the road in and out was made for oohs and aaahs for everyone bikers included. Once away on to the plateau again more wind power generator. They are absolutely everywhere. They dominate. However the riding was good on good roads and I was soon in Thien. If I spelled it correctly. A University town on the river. Looks good and pretty but the first shop is exotic underwear and then the Hash shop........neither of which hold a particular interest for me, so I carried on. It was downhill fron their. The roads got wider more crowded and the wind got up so I had a les pleasant ride in the afternoon. Lunch was hgood however in a roadside service station a shop where I got goulash and a breadroll followed by coffee and apple trudel.....how german is that ? I was heading for St Die which I made on dusk to find that they were hoilding an ecological conference. So down the road and what a road, probably one of the best biker tracks I have ridden and I have tried a few. Corners, surface, wooded both sides, like riding in a green tunnel, beautiful.It was getting pretty dark however and the GPS showed a Hotel ahead. And it was and it had 1 room and a restaurant, so my day ended well. Must have done about 400 km. But I am now officially in the South. Perhaps today it will be Nuit St George. Lets have breakfast and see what develops.