It was predicted to be another hot day and my calculated route would be around 90 km, including some meters in elevation. So I started the day with only a very small breakfast (only one dry bread roll….yummie ;-)) ) and veeeeeery early: I was on the road by 7 AM.

As usual, I had to check the directions on my phone pretty often before I found my way out of Karlsruhe. The passing of the towns of Durlach, Weingarten, Bruchsal,….and suboptimal cycling paths (surface and signs) slowed me down, so that I knew around mid-morning that most likely I won’t cycle the whole planned route. I had already booked my accommodation in Heilbronn before checking the parameters of the route, so I actually had to get there on the same day.

Because of that and being in ambition mode, I pushed and stressed myself out, nevertheless, That didn’t really help but is the reason why I didn’t take ANY pictures – I think this is a first.

The route was quite hilly, no big ascents but many of them and the voices in my head switched between ambition:.“sure, if you really want it, you can do it“ and reason „you’ll never do it with this many climbs and the hot weather and…..“ I probably wore myself out once more.

So when I arrived at Eppingen (~ 30 km before Heilbronn) around 1 PM and I was already tired, demotivated and, generally, pretty done, I decided to call it a day and took the tram to Heilbronn. I also had hoped to meet an old friend there. But I only asked him some hours before….I’m just too spontaneous for most people 😉

That’s why after the check-in, the obligatory unpacking chaos and my refreshment ritual (shower, „normal“ clothes), I went on a quick window-shopping trip, ate some pasta and later a burger and hit the pillow around 10 PM.

The day was a bit of an anticlimax to the previous days but I reached the final stop before cycling to my parent’s home and my long summer break of at least two weeks. So I don’t really care ;-)))

Note: and it seems that, besides having no pictures of today, I also lost my GPX track somehow 🙁