Kelheim

Wednesday, 22nd July.

We moved to a shady spot this morning, vacated by the couple from Chiemsee whom we'd talked to last night, rode into town which is only a few hundred metres away, stopped at a cafe for coffee, bought bread rolls from the bakery and boat tickets from a gallery, had lunch, cold showers to cool down and rode back to town for the ferry trip to Kelheim, 17kms away at the southern or Danube end of the canal.  Wednesday is half price for seniors day so there were plenty of older than us people on board, 

we sat inside in air conditioned comfort for most of the journey and on reaching Kelheim, rode through the town to the Danube to catch the ferry to Kloster Weltenburg which houses the oldest monastic brewery in the world.  Unfortunately, although only about 6kms from Kelheim, the journey took 45 minutes as the ferry battled against the fast flowing River Danube, through the spectacular Danube Gorge, 

so by the time we arrived we had only 15 minutes before the last ferry back to Kelheim.  We rushed down to have a quick look at the monastery, 

didn't have enough time to visit but may be able to try again before we leave this area.  The return journey took 20 minutes!  We had chosen the late ferries in order to ride back to Riedenburg in the cool of the evening, not realising there could be a tidal problem.
The ride back was enjoyable, there was a threat of rain but that came much later when we were safely home, and even then it was nothing too serious.
Another fabulous day!