Cycle Tour Bike holiday along the upper Rhine 2015
Dag 12: Kehl-Karlsruhe
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Added on 29 Jul 2015
on 19 Dec 2015
Cycle route metrics
ridden
Total distance in km
102
Cumulative elevation gain in m
221
Avg. slope uphill in %
0,22
Cumulative elevation loss in m
226
Min. height
122
Max. height
161
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Track points in total
1.400
Track points per km (avg)
14
Start/endpoint
Start location
Kehl, Baden-Württemberg, DE (140 m NHN)
End location
Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, DE (135 m NHN)
ridden on
23 Jul 2015
Weather
Still very hot, but with scattered clouds.
Accommodation
AZUR Camping Turmbergblick
Tiengener Straße 40
DE-76227 Karlsruhe-Durlach
Properties
The last day along the Rhine with somewhat more tarmac than the previous two stages. But still mainly on gravel through forests along the river.
Slope Gradient Distribution
Remarks
After another morningbath in the altogether (the last one) we pack and venture out on our last Rhine stage to Karlsruhe. This was the holiday's longest stage. We shopped a little at Helmlingen and Simon had a can of beef soup for lunch. We filled our bottles at a restaurant near a bridge across the Rhine, where I saw a peculiar vehicle. An elderly woman on an open tractor with a minicaravan on the hook behind it. Another way of spending your holiday. We fancied a dip, but the river was quite industrial here, so we cycled on and found an official bathing lake near Plittersdorf. After the dip we cooked coffee on the beach. There are more corners on the route here and it changes its track after two days of fairly straightforward going. Soon we had reached the westerly suburbs of Karlsruhe. The city itself was further to the east and the camp site even further to the east in the suburb of Durlach. As soon as we entered the city, we found a China grill and had dinner here. Now we passed the baroque centre of Karlsruhe with the castle as the hub of a wheel with circular streets and others radiating like spokes from it. Soon after we reached the camp site, but just before it I nearly collided with a female biker as I turned left right in front of her without looking back.Ooh, that was close. The camp site turned out a bit disappointing especially for the high price they charged here. E.g. there was no light in the nearest bathroom.