Harz Mountains, May 2016 − Travels − Captain Tom

Harz Mountains, May 2016

I do the Ascension Day ride together with Felix and Hans Gerd. Wolfgang joines us for the training part.

We go to a track training on Harz-Ring track and afterwards we go all around Harz Mountains

1 Day #1

On the first day I ride after work quickly to Aschersleben

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There is traffic jam in Berlin
After leaving the city...
... I can see brilliant yellow canola fields.
2 Day #2

On the second day we have a training with Zweiradakademie on Harz-Ring track.

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Felix and Hans Gerd on the track
Hans Gerd
Felix
The track
3 Day #3

On the third day we go throung the southern part of Harz Mountains and through Thuringia to Nordhausen. Weather is gorgeous and we see a lot of yellow

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Hotel in the morning
Blooming canola fields
Blooming trees
After a fuel stop
We get Thüringer Bratwurst, of course.
The mining waste looks quite impressive
4 Day #4

On the fourth day we have a loop all around Harz Mountains

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We start at Hotel Motel Plus in Aschersleben in the morning
Oder reservoir
Felix and Hans Gerd
Biker meeting point Torfhaus
with view to Brocken mountain
Rappbode dam
Hexentanzplatz - where the witches come to dance on Walpurgis night
View to Rosstrappe cliff
coffee and cake
Stolberg is a nice old little town with many half-timber houses
We visit Kyffhäuser memorial in the end
5 Day #5

On the fifth day I have to go home back to Berlin. The day is full of yellow on the canola fields.

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