Another rainy day - we delayed lweaving until after 10, when the rain stopped. We hopped, skipped & jumped all morning with 2 dutch cycling couples - Annet & Heert, especially. We all stopped at Tangemunde bike shop - Rod had brokrn another spoke after hitting a big bump the day before. I was æeading & didn't see it as I was trying to decipher the radweg sign. All 3 of us thumped through it! The cycle path winds around & although the GERMAN SIGNAGE IS PRETTY GOOD, IT'S EASY TO misread or miss a sign. Tangemunde was also a welcome coffe stop & a picturesque town.
We stopped to buy groceries & get lunch (so did Heert & annet) & found a picnic table - not mucj fun today as it was about to storm.
As we ate the wind got stronger & stronger & shortly after we hit the road, we were drenched with driving rain slanting horizontally, into all exposed orifices.
We took shelter under a tree until the worst was past. A little further on, Annet & Heert & another couple were enjoying a good lunch at a village cafe (Buttersdorf).
We joined them for coffee & cake.
They intended stopping at Havelberg. We aimed at a bit further on. We all took the ferry across the Elbe. No sooner had we made the decision to push on when a nasty headwind & large black storm clouds apppeared. The path took us along a long narrow island, between the Elbe & Havel rivers - a lovely ridf in good weather, but we weren,t so lucky. We hasd a fairly solid headwind crosswind & another fierce storm. Aghain, we sheltered under trees until the worst of it had passed.
Topwards the end of the day we spotte yet another stork's nest with babies being fed by Mum.
Another hour's ride saw us in Wittenberge. Despite the weather Rod was determined to camp. we stayed in Pension Goldenen Ankor ( E50 Mit Fr), while Rod found a beauitiful spot on a small peninsular ion the Elbe & adjacent to the local yachy club, where we all eenjoyed a very ngood dinner.
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