[Home]     Cycling Down the Rhine Friday 25th August 2017 Schaffhausen to Luttingen We thought we were going to be staying in Laufenburg as that's where the hotel Andrew had booked on the internet said it was situated, but actually it turned out to be a few kilometres short of that in Luttingen. Good business for the hotel, I suppose, as there's nothing at all in this village while Laufenburg has all the touristy medieval bits... never mind, eh. The first part of today's ride seemed to be one uphill bit after another, and whilst of course I normally love the challenge of battling against gravity as much as the next man - eh, Andrew - the heat from the baking sun made the repeated ascents a tad less than enjoyable today. The Rheinfall Andrew and myself at the Rheinfall Nice scenery though, including the Rhine fall, a drop in the river of 23 metres, where the water pours down in the biggest waterfall, by volume of water, in Europe. So we took a few pictures there then pressed on. The second half of the ride was easier with less climbing but the sun became so hot it was exhausting just riding along and by the end I was really glad to see the hotel, even if it was in Luttingen. Many of the villages we passed through had drinking fountains running continually, providing some welcome refreshment for us. A typical village drinking fountain We'd run out of Swiss francs by now so needed to stay on the German side of the border after this to make any purchases. 77 kilometres today, making the total distance cycled so far 235 miles.