PRATTELN - Basel - BANTZENHEIM 35miles
After staying in this fantastic apartment at B&B Tomsi we left at 9 o'clock. Lovely day again and no hills today. We headed for Basel and we knew it could be a bit of a nightmare working our way out of here. It was just as well a Sunday as the traffic would have been harder negotiating the route with the signs. We had to have our eyes focussed, at the same time looking at the beautiful buildings we saw. The picture above is of the headquarters of the 'La Roche Tower', the pharmaceutical business. The other picture is of the Basel Cathedral, which we passed later on.
We entered the Petite Camarque which is a nature reserve. This is situated alongside the Canal du Rhone au Rhine. Wonderful cycling and no traffic of course. Many families out on bikes, picnics, watching bird life from the hides. At Pont du Bouc is a memorial for those who fought a now almost forgotten battle, but after many years of lobbying a memorial was inaugurated in 2011. From here we followed a track through the forest Domaniale de la Hardt Nord. Lovely smells of wild garlic, birds were trying to out sing each other. Cuckoos we heard, many swans on the water, we also saw some very big rats!
We headed for BANTZENHEIM were we had reserved a room. Later on we will have something to eat and will sleep well, ready for another day.
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