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DeutschStatistics first day – June 5th:
Total distance: 29,7 km of which 3 by kayak and 5 by bicycle
Total time: 6 hours 50 minutes
Vertical distance: 930 m uphill, 800 m downhill
Pushed off in the kayak at Kleinhüningen in murky harbour water, passed the Dreiländereck and entered the current. Paddled upstream 3 km and found it quite tough. Current stronger than expected, and obstacles on the bank, e.g. restaurant boat, that forced one into the middle where the current was stronger. But in the end I managed in well under an hour. The bicycle part was much easier, since much of it had been reconnoitred earlier. Later, many detours were needed – fenced off villas on the Swiss side, cultivated fields on the French side, with no path in between (see photo). Neil joined me on the walk from Schönenbuch, the last 12 km. It was very hot and we ran out of water!
Night in a B&B at Hofstetten-Flüh.
Following with great interest and admiration!
Rolf – Vienna
Thinking of Beopo
“You see, Momo,’ he [Beppo Roadsweeper] told her one day, ‘it’s like this. Sometimes, when you’ve a very long street ahead of you, you think how terribly long it is and feel sure you’ll never get it swept.’
He gazed silently into space before continuing. ‘And then you start to hurry,’ he went on. ‘You work faster and faster, and every time you look up there seems to be just as much left to sweep as before, and you try even harder, and you panic, and in the end you’re out of breath and have to stop – and still the street stretches away in front of you. That’s not the way to do it.’
He pondered a while. Then he said, ‘You must never think of the whole street at once, understand? You must only concentrate on the next step, the next breath, the next stroke of the broom, and the next, and the next. Nothing else.’
Again he paused for thought before adding, ‘That way you enjoy your work, which is important, because then you make a good job of it. And that’s how it ought to be.’
There was another long silence. At last he went on, ‘And all at once, before you know it, you find you’ve swept the whole street clean, bit by bit. What’s more, you aren’t out of breath.’ He nodded to himself. ‘That’s important, too,’ he concluded.”
(Michael Ende)
Go Dad! We are thinking of you on your first day.
Big big hugs
Nat and gang
Go Dad! We are following you. Congratulations on your first day!
Xxxxx nat
courage! super effort pour premiere étape – en trois modes
(Vélo & kayak & piétonne). Bravo et tous ses enfants sont impressionné
Using Google Translation:
Neil joined me on the walk from Schönenbuch, the last 12 km. It was very hot and we ran out of water!
Neil trat mir auf den Fuß von Schönenbuch , die letzten 12 km . es war sehr heiß und wir aus dem Wasser lief !
Good start! Maybe an indication of problems to come.
Best wishes, Peter