Distance: 18.9km
Duration: 4h and 1.5h breaks
Weather: sunny with hardly any clouds or wind, 17C in the morning and up to 24C in the afternoon
Today’s walk was smooth and uneventful. The majority of the trip was along the cycling path and had some shady parts but also fully exposed areas. As it got very busy on the path, I decided to leave it at times and walk through the fields, closer to the water.
My hotel is located right next to the Elbe-Havel channel which is an impressive construction over the Elbe. I am still hoping to spot a boat or vessel crossing it when I leave in the morning.
Accommodation: https://trogbruecke.de/
With 14 days of walking, it’s time to review the progress. In total, I’ve done 293.6km so far and am slightly behind target. My goal was to cross the 300km mark at today’s mid point. However, the next accommodation would have been another 9km which would have been too much of a stretch. While I’ve planned more on a short term basis so far to react to possible struggles, I’ll roughly map out the remaining part of the trip to ensure I leave myself some air in the final week. I haven’t done that in the beginning as I wasn’t sure if I could manage every day 20+km distances due to weather conditions or challenges from the walking. As neither of them were a major issue so far, I probably can be a bit more bold and plan further ahead. In the same time, I also want to enjoy it, have fun without turning this into a competition against myself.
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