Mulhouse France 🇫🇷

Bad Säckingen was more than first met the eye. We had only got to the outskirts and so when we started off in the morning we rode straight into this beautiful old townThe old bridge has been here since 1620 These laminated wooden trusses would have been an engineering masterpiece at the time.Selfie on the move! The right bank may be gravel but the left bank has a noisey motorway above it . One frequently asked question is about our skinny tires. They Handle this gravel ok but I would prefer standard size wheels . However for us it’s a matter of weight.( and they go faster downhill)HELLO !! Some one forgot to tie their bag on this morning and it just fell off. Another FAQ is what do we do with our bike bags ? As you can see we roll them up tight and tie them under our handle bars with a bungy cord. They’ll only come off when we rebag the bikes in London.Pretty duck !! The trail passes through another wetland. The birds are used to people on bikes and won’t move .BASIL . Both sides of the river are in Switzerland so it’s back to my RIGHT HAND pocket again for Swiss Franks. ( to make it easy I keep the currencies separate )This will be the last time as Switzerland finishes here and its Euros only from now on. The current flows so swiftly here that these ferries hang off a pulley and just by turning their big long rudder , the current pulls them over to the other bankA famous landmark. This plinth stands where France ,Switzerland and Germany meet. The footbridge behind us is where we will cross over to Huningue in FranceFrance. We’ll stay over here in the Alsace . UV15 follows the Huningue canal north and we’ll stop at Kembs for the night , half an hour away.This type of lock gate is called a guillotine gate. A fitting welcome to France Just behind it and beside the canal ,is this water race for canoes . The kids were having a ball.It runs dead straight for about 10 kms through a great wetland they’ve called the little Camargue. No boats allowed on this sectionuntil it reaches Kembs at the northern end. The boats here have access to the Rhine canal which runs parallel to the river itself. This should have been the end of the day, 3pm, 65kms ? Alas , not to be. There were several Chambre dotes alright , but of course it’s Sunday and there’s no one home. We decide we’ll take the road route towards Mulhouse , we will pass through several villages and there’s bound to be one there ,right ? Wrong !MULHOUSE . This Ibis hotel was a welcome sight. Love these places . ” where can we put the bikes madame ?. ” not a pwoblem monsieur , put it in ze room.”gotta love these French!