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Waldenburg, view from the valley
Started the weekend and my personal spring cycling season with a nice 90 km loop to Waldenburg. Waldenburg is a nice medieval town (first mentioned in 1235) and castle perched on a cliff on the flanks of the Löwenstein mountains. The ride there took me through the Hohenlohe region - through Öhringen, a town dating back to Roman times situated at the Reto-German section of the Roman Limes fortification, and Neuenstein with its wonderful renaissance castle. The ascent to Waldenburg is one of the most scenic of the region. It's long (about 3 km) and even has a hairpin if not particularly steep (about 150 m vertical ascent) with the steepest section having a gradient of maybe 12%. But it's fun and - so early in the year - offered a good first test of aerobic capacity.
Waldenburg, view from the valley
Started the weekend and my personal spring cycling season with a nice 90 km loop to Waldenburg. Waldenburg is a nice medieval town (first mentioned in 1235) and castle perched on a cliff on the flanks of the Löwenstein mountains. The ride there took me through the Hohenlohe region - through Öhringen, a town dating back to Roman times situated at the Reto-German section of the Roman Limes fortification, and Neuenstein with its wonderful renaissance castle. The ascent to Waldenburg is one of the most scenic of the region. It's long (about 3 km) and even has a hairpin if not particularly steep (about 150 m vertical ascent) with the steepest section having a gradient of maybe 12%. But it's fun and - so early in the year - offered a good first test of aerobic capacity.