Where's Bertie? He's in a Stellplatz at Biberach an der Riß. It costs €5 per 24hrs to stay here. Water and waste are free. Electricity is available at 50c/kWh. (Exact location: 48.10269, 9.79578)
Weather: Wall-to-wall sunshine for most of the day. Hot.
We almost certainly wouldn't have found ourselves in Biberach today if it hadn't been for the 'Motorhoming in the OberschwabenAllgäu Region' booklet that I picked up in the Stellplatz in Bad Waldsee the other day. I have been neglecting to look at our (slightly out of date) Stellplatz book, relying instead on the Park4Night App, which, until now, has not had an entry for this place.
Having arrived here late morning, and popped Bertie into the most shaded corner we could find (usually we want the sun for the solar panel, but the current weather is hot enough for us to be seeking shade), off we wandered for a little look around the town. About 50m into our wanderings we turned around and started walking in the right direction to achieve that!
Our verdict: it's a lovely historic town, that is very well presented.
It's not often you find such a public toilet building like this.
The market square, which the tourist brochure repeatedly claims to be 'one of the most beautiful in Southern Germany'. I'm not going to argue with that claim.
The remains of the town's fortifications, dating from the 15th century
After wandering its streets, I deemed it worth finding the Tourist Office to see what extra information they could give us. We came away with five brochures and leaflets, four of which are in English (all well written and informative) - highly unusual on this trip.
This is a town that is obviously proud of its history and culture and wants to share that with all visitors.
The Stellplatz is less than a 10-minute walk from town, and is so close to the river Riß that if I was to throw a stone with some force from Bertie's door, I would get it into the water. In between us and it runs the Donau-Bodensee cycle way. All of that sounds perfect, but in reality, we can barely see the water of the river, there are lots of people passing on the cycleway, and there is quite a bit of road noise coming from somewhere, so whilst it was theoretically less nice (no view; bit of a wasteland look to it) I preferred the Stellplatz in Bad Schussenried, where we spent the last two nights.
(Other stuff from the morning: got up extra early to run before it got too hot. Not a great route, compared to what I'm used to on our travels, but still more interesting than repeating routes at home. Running gear was so minging after two uses that it got a quick wash - it didn't take long to get it dry today.)
Weather: Wall-to-wall sunshine for most of the day. Hot.
We almost certainly wouldn't have found ourselves in Biberach today if it hadn't been for the 'Motorhoming in the OberschwabenAllgäu Region' booklet that I picked up in the Stellplatz in Bad Waldsee the other day. I have been neglecting to look at our (slightly out of date) Stellplatz book, relying instead on the Park4Night App, which, until now, has not had an entry for this place.
Having arrived here late morning, and popped Bertie into the most shaded corner we could find (usually we want the sun for the solar panel, but the current weather is hot enough for us to be seeking shade), off we wandered for a little look around the town. About 50m into our wanderings we turned around and started walking in the right direction to achieve that!
Our verdict: it's a lovely historic town, that is very well presented.
It's not often you find such a public toilet building like this.
The market square, which the tourist brochure repeatedly claims to be 'one of the most beautiful in Southern Germany'. I'm not going to argue with that claim.
The remains of the town's fortifications, dating from the 15th century
After wandering its streets, I deemed it worth finding the Tourist Office to see what extra information they could give us. We came away with five brochures and leaflets, four of which are in English (all well written and informative) - highly unusual on this trip.
This is a town that is obviously proud of its history and culture and wants to share that with all visitors.
The Stellplatz is less than a 10-minute walk from town, and is so close to the river Riß that if I was to throw a stone with some force from Bertie's door, I would get it into the water. In between us and it runs the Donau-Bodensee cycle way. All of that sounds perfect, but in reality, we can barely see the water of the river, there are lots of people passing on the cycleway, and there is quite a bit of road noise coming from somewhere, so whilst it was theoretically less nice (no view; bit of a wasteland look to it) I preferred the Stellplatz in Bad Schussenried, where we spent the last two nights.
(Other stuff from the morning: got up extra early to run before it got too hot. Not a great route, compared to what I'm used to on our travels, but still more interesting than repeating routes at home. Running gear was so minging after two uses that it got a quick wash - it didn't take long to get it dry today.)
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