Along the Main

It was a 5am start to get to the airport but before long we were outside Frankfurt Airport with 2 very big boxes. Unlike an Ikea flat-packed we ended up with 2 complete bikes and no bits left over.

We eventually found the Main River after an unfortunate fall where Tom and Helen slipped on gravel. The river is huge and we saw enormous barges gliding along with the modern buildings of Frankfurt across the river. We had a bit of drizzle and 66km even on the flat seemed a long way after such an early start.

Aschaffenberg was the stop for the night in a modern hotel near the station. The restaurant was celebrating the pfifferling season so Tom and Jim had what turned out to be chanterelles. An early night and a solid sleep soon followed.