Day 5 Kaiserswerth - Bonn

Excellent start to the day, ferry all to ourselves over to the east bank of the Rhine. Negotiated Dusseldorf without incident whilst picking up breakfast there.  Followed the dykes virtually all the way to lunch passing varied farm land and some fairly industrial plant nurseries. Cycle paths are still better tan many of our B roads

Had lunch at Zons, a really nice wee fortified town.

After lunch things got a bit tougher, the temperature got up to 37 degrees, which wasn't too bad as we got a breeze while cycling.  We navigated through Cologne pretty easily too,

However the campsite we were aiming for at Langel (about 54 miles) was closed (there's a theme developing here!) so we carried on to Bonn where the German cyclist next to us this morning had said there was another campsite.  Needless to say there was none to be found! Ended up searching round the centre of Bonn for a hotel, which we eventually found.  We are now showered and fed and feeling a bit chirpier  (though fairly knackered ), we're going to have to check ahead for accommodation from now on.

The bikes are locked up in the beer cellar so I can't check the exact mileage, but best guess is

Miles today - 74

Miles total - 295

Hills total - 1 it's still as flat as a pancake although it's starting to look a bit lumpier ahead