1,281 km (796 miles) over 16 days between Jul. 20, 2018 and Aug. 4, 2018. Read the full account on CycleBlaze here.
Taking the rivers Doubs, Neckar, Würm, Rhine, Mosel and Sûre across the Jura, Black Forest and Pfalz
The target of my tour of 2018 was to visit my friend Ben in Tübingen, where he was teaching. I wanted to combine France and Germany, so thought I would set off from somewhere in Burgundy, cross the Rhine, then check out the Black Forest. Unfortunately I dramatically underestimated the hilliness of that region, with exhausting consequences. Finally, in some record-breaking heat (some days were 41°C), I followed the Rhine back to the north and the Mosel into Luxembourg.