Or summat like that!

So here I am on day 3 of my German adventure.

Monday was of course all about getting here, everything worked and by 6pm I was in my hotel. I don’t know why I was so anxious beforehand the only delay was morning traffic in Bristol!

I got my bike for the week Tuesday morning and duly set out for my first ever bike ride in Berlin. It takes a little while to get used to a different bike, by the time I’d done a couple of laps of Tempelhofer field I was just settling in nicely. However sod came along in the form of a broken spoke on the front wheel.

What to do? Well after arranging for a replacement wheel I cautiously pushed on with a shorter version of my plan. A little shy of 50km, my legs were stretched at least.

After that I walked along to Berlins main shopping area by the Zoo then returned along the Ku’damm, I was a bit footsore afterwards- well it was nearly 9km!

And so to today. Well after a post breakfast walk I got ready for a ride to make the most of a bright, dry forecast. I had a sort of plan, a loop around the western waterways taking in Tegel, Spandau and Potsdam on the way. I stopped about midday for a huge tureen of Linsensuppe, it wasn’t quite shorts weather but it was pleasant nevertheless.

All up it reached 100km for the day and a surprising 560m of up! No extra walking beyond getting dinner tonight - well it’s a damp evening after all.

Tomorrow is my last proper day in Berlin, I’ll be doing the cross city tourist route from Alexander Platz to the Zoo. I might do a short ride but I don’t want to do too much from now ahead of the big ride on Saturday.

I’ll be back on Sunday with a ride report, the forecast looks good atm so fingers crossed.

Bye for now
Madeline Anafrid