Sauerland - day 3 - Schmallenberg - Waldhotel Einstein
This is the route we biked today
Breakfast was served at 07:30 so we had an early start. We first stopped at the local Lidl to get some supplies for the day. At 09:00 we were on the road.
Our first restpoint, pretty early on ๐
Cycled 3.9km, climbed 128m, currently at 489m high.
Of course the first part had a steep climb in it so we stopped pretty quickly to get some rest. After that we continued on to tackle the Wilzenberg.
The theme of this trip is weird architecture. No idea what these mirrors do.
Cycled 7.1km, climbed 298m, currently at 538m high.
We saw these mirrors pop up and had no idea what they do. After a stop we continued on to the next funny/weird thing.
We got cold so we warmed up in the kettle.
Cycled 10.4km, climbed 346m, currently at 535m high.
This kettle thing again popped up out of nowhere so we had to take the time to take a good picture. After this we had a big climb so it was good to get warmed up ๐คฃ.
A sculpture called Stone Age
Cycled 22.2km, climbed 677m, currently at 715m high.
Today had beautiful parts and one of the nicest things was a singletrack which was green all around.
A cool and easy singletrack
Cycled 22.3km, climbed 681m, currently at 725m high.
It was now 12:00 and we found a nice place to eat our kaiser breads with cheese and ham. The higher benches were really comfy.
Lunch in the woods
Cycled 24.8km, climbed 711m, currently at 716m high.
In the afternoon we still had quite some elevation to tackle. We also did a detour to get some drinks and had to tackle one last tricky climb. We wanted to stop at some benches but although they were everywhere before they werenโt showing up now.
We learned that a lot of trees has been cut because they are infested with beetles.
Cycled 44.7km, climbed 1033m, currently at 628m high.
We did manage to find a bench and also a coffee to go from a bakery. We still arrived at 16:00 but the last couple of kilometers were (again) eventful. Impossible steep climbs with eroded roads, etc.
But we arrived at the hotel without any problems. The only bad news was that our reservation for dinner didnโt came through so now we had to walk 2km and 90m down to get dinner. The way back up is going to hurt ๐ฅ
Tomorrow will be the last day, see you tomorrow!