Monday 29 September

An earlier start and after breakfast ventured out to the town on a sunny but initially cold day. Nordlingen is another typical Bavarian town and we have to say very much like everywhere else we've seen on this trip. We ventured onto the town walls, which can be walked all the way round (2.7km) before returning to Bertie for a quick service and a short hop down the road to the ubiquitous Lidl to top up the larder.

Nordlingen

Nordlingen over the rooftops

Aldi and Lidl obviously abound here, but it seems the founders sisters may have got into the act because we've also seen several Norma and Penny that look identical!

Back onto the road and it’s just as well there is a published map of the route (free at all the Tourist Info offices) because, as mentioned yesterday, it’s easy to take a wrong turn. In Harburg, however, they excelled themselves; at a road junction every direction was signposted Romantische Strasse and we ended up going round in circles!

Next place was Donauworth and the guide looked like it was again much like the rest so as the parking was a little way out we again gave it a miss and had lunch. As yesterday, it had gone a bit grey again but approaching Augsburg the sun came out. We really didn’t fancy another city so Bren navigated us around and we picked up the R/S again, through more pretty little villages and pleasant countryside to Landsberg am Lech. A stellplatz was located only a couple of minutes from the centre so we parked up for the night, had a cuppa and walked into town.

Approaching Landsberg am Lech

The tower we climbed the hill for - 

Landsberg Rathaus

Which was, of course, again much of a muchness, except this one was built on the side of a steep hill. Which the Rough Guide said we should climb to see one of the best buildings and the view over the town and river Lech. Yeah, right!

River Lech at sunset

Back to the van and end the day in our usual fashion. We’re now about ¾ the way along the R/S and the rest of the places mentioned don’t really suggest anything different, so tomorrow we’ll push on to the end to what promises to be the highlight, the fairy tale castles of Mad King Ludwig.