27 Sept '23 - Worth to Vishofen an der Donau 97km 60 miles
Half Way Day for me! Yes, today marks 'Half Way Day' for me from England!! Paul's ½ Way Day which is our EuroVelo6 half way shall be in two days time!
Kind if hard to believe, but it gets easier to believe as each run between rest days develops. Churning out multiple 50+milers does take it out of a couple of old guys!
Great views of some really important Danube Bank upgrade work today. I got the lowdown on the B€20 project from some helpful environmentlists, Tomas and Selina(!) en route, and also from the Deggendorf towns people in the pub!🤭
The work is to prevent a repeat of the terrible flooding of 2013 (climate change effects??), but it is also addressing the urgent habitat regeneration demands of the environmental community for all the wildlife that has been displaced since the Danube 'Canalisation' works after WWII. It was quite a sight, and good to get the first hand story.... also humbling to see the extent to which the Europeans are addressing the effects of Climate Change, and Environmental issues as compared to governments closer to home! It becomes quite apparant that without properly employed taxation a country will fall behind it's neighbours in the infrastructure domain, then the capital investment domain, then the employment domain..... but it's handy as you can then always blame the oppostion.... watch for it, it's not long off now!! Political rant over, point made! Thanks
On to our overnight spot and my first swim in the Danube next to a Kazakhi guy fishing for his supper. He caught two healthy looking fish during my short 5min swim..... the water was very chilly indeed!!🥶
Dinner was Thai Prawn Curry a la Paul, with Brussel Sprouts and a German Chardonnay! A pre-dinner drink of a fine Köln beer was provided by a very pleasant Stefan and his wife who were both most interested in our quest.
On we go towards our next Rest Day.... we have Vienna (Wien), Bratislava and Budapest to choose from although I am thinking the sooner the better!!
Doug&Paul 😎😎
PS - Caption competition for the picture of me on my bike!!🤣🤙
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