Another fine day, so it was on the bikes along the canal into Mulhouse. The central square reminded us of Freiburg which of course is not very far away, and this bit of France has been Germany several times in its history. We wandered through the streets and found some very quirky things - one smallish pedestrian shopping area had dinosaurs dotted about on the paving - on one street corner there were a flock of sheep made of metal barrels - in the main square there was a lady sewing a pretty knitted/crocheted cover for a lamppost and all around the town were knitted covers for tree trunks and handles on shop doors!! A hunt for a geocache led us to the flock of sheep, although we weren't quite sure what we were going to find beforehand. The clue was Proctologie - we are sure some of our readers will know what this is, but we needed to google it. The photo will point to the part of the body this refers to!
After a tasty lunch at one of the cafes, we cycled back beside the canal and continued on past the campsite into the countryside a short way. We believe this bit of canal is navigable and we passed a couple of locks, but there were no sign of any boats. We saw trains, though, as the railway runs aong the other side of the canal. So much freight being carried by train here - one train with 2 layers of new cars seemed to go on for ever. What a good idea that is - those huge car transporters on our roads are a menace.
It's just starting raining this evening and the forecast is rain for tomorrow, but we shall be moving on a bit so maybe we will miss it.
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| The sheep! |
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| Art in action |
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| Place de la Reunion, Mulhouse |
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