Distance: 19.9km
Duration: 4.5h with 1.5h break
Weather: sunny, pleasant as not too hot with a few clouds, in the afternoon thick clouds but no rain
This was one of my favourite mornings so far. I left Werben and within 5min, I was right on the dyke and in the middle of the meadowlands. It’s a protected area as birds love to bread there. And it felt like being a silent observer in a nature show: two hares were chasing each other as a game, storks were walking with their long legs through the marshland in search of food and there were hundreds of wild geese and other birds like grey heron which I can’t all name. It was so beautiful and peaceful and gave me the deepest respect how all those animals live together in a healthy balance. The area is called ‘Altmark’ (English: Old March) and is part of Saxony-Anhalt, bordering Brandenburg and Lower Saxony.
As I left the cycling path right from the beginning, I could walk in complete remote parts of the area which gave me the opportunity to spot other animals like deers, white herons and another hare.
Beuster was even smaller than Werben with only 500 people living there. There were beautiful half-timbered houses with brick stones which seems typical for the region. Unfortunately, there was no restaurant or supermarket and the bakery was only open from 6-11am. This meant that I had to eat any food that I had left. So my dinner consisted of two cereal bars, a baby bell cheese, some bell peppers and salted nuts. Not a gourmet dinner but it filled me nonetheless.
Today, I could also celebrate an important milestone – I crossed the 400km mark, yayyy!
Accommodation: https://www.zimmervermietung-lucas.de/
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