We left our B&B slightly early this morning. The landlady had to go off to work early and left us to lock up. I remember a similar thing happening when I was walking near Abbotsbury on the South West Coast Path in the U K.
We walked over the bridge over the Elbe, shown in the first photograph, from the 'DDR' east side towards the west. As we were nearing the west side we met up with a partially sighted chap who was heading towards us waving one of those balls on the end of a long stick. He obviously wanted to chat and we were in no hurry. Chats with different people, from different places with different experiences are what make this type of walk so enjoyable.
As we were talking two cyclists came towards us along the bridge and I tried to warn them the chap was partially sighted. The woman managed to stop in time, but the panniers of the chap in front caught our friend behind the leg and knocked him to the ground. I was however able to grab him by the arm and slow his descent to the ground. The cyclist also fell off.
No one was seriously hurt but the partially sighted chap had a very bad grease mark on the back of his trousers. The whole thing took place on the bridge path shown in the second photograph about level with the position of the white truck.
We met up with the cyclist later. They had to go into the nearest town to have work done on the man's bicycle. The chain wheel had been bent in the accident. It turns out they had recognised us on the bridge as they had seen us in a restaurant the day before.
The next photograph shows where to take pregnant women who are expected to have a short labour.
The morning alternated between full sun and partial cloud and the next photograph shows Shiel on top of the Deich in a sunny period. Note the patches of sand. The sand came from the inside of the sandbags used during the June floods.
We saw storks today but again they were extremely nervous. I did manage to photogragh a pair above a power pole and another pair on a roof nest. The sign in one of the photographs lists the number of young storks born in the house nest in recent years.
The final two shots show the town square of Hitzacker. I don't know why but we expected a more modern town centre. It was a pleasant surprise to find we are in a nice old town on our day off.
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