Meeting on the Rhine

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There is no coast closer than a 5 hours drive from here. But a one hour drive at the weekend got us to Mainz on Saturday, very close to the place of the confluence of rivers Rhine and Main (despite the spelling, they actually rhyme).

Besides seeing friends again (how we had missed that!) and running and walking and chatting, we saw ships going by. Sometimes two of them meeting in the middle of the river.

It quietened down towards evening, and then HE came along:

The HE 7 is the patrol boat of the Hesse river police, stationed in Wiesbaden.

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: On the Coast

The Next 25 Hundred Kilometers

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I treated myself to a pedelec a last year and in the first 12 months I clocked up almost exactly 2500 km. I set myself the challenge to equal that this year. But with being back at school and May being almost completely rained out, I wonder if I stand a chance to meet my challenge.

Here is a photo of Wynona Rider (that’s the name of the bike) in front of vineyard. If anybody is wondering, when the picture was taken – there is an unmistakable clue that it is 2021.

The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Challenge

In Need of TLC

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Some walls of the Auerbach Castle are more derelict than others.

Something needs to be done fast or this old barn or workshop will be falling apart completely.

The dormer window on this building in Weimar is a call of help.

For this post, I chose one word of the five on offer – derelict.

Thursday’s Special: Pick a Word