We awoke much earlier than planned as the kitchen supplies were trollied down the narrow cobbled lane under our window. We gave up after 45 minutes and went down to breakfast at 07:30. Best breakfast so far : first time for bacon rolls. Such a pleasant change after a week of cheese and salami! We packed up and left the hotel down the double hairpin to the ferry terminal. A quick sail across the lake on mill-pond water took us over to the outskirts of Konstanz. We rode into the old centre for a wander round and the inevitable coffee stop despite only having gone a few kilometres. Today is a short day so no need to hurry. Also, it started out hot, with gin-clear skies, and just got hotter as the day wore on. As soon as we cleared Konstanz we stopped to slather on the sunscreen then tried to keep moving to retain the resultant cooling breeze. Several sections of the path were closed due to high water having flooded them so diversions had to be followed. Brief stops for purchase of a lakeside picnic lunch from the bakery and supermarket, and another coffee stop, punctuated progress until we arrived, well over-heated, at our destination of Stein am Rhein. As we were early, we headed over the bridge for a recce of this absolutely picture-perfect old town, then headed off to our superb refurbished 510-year old B&B. A walk back into the village for tea reminded us we were back into Switzerland from this morning's Germany : a pizza, a Mediterranean salad, 1/2 litre beer and 100 ml glass of wine was £39. By 8pm the heat was still stifling; we estimate it must have reached 30C this afternoon. Bad news is it's going to be even hotter tomorrow.
42.3 km; 13.9 kph avg; 3:02 moving time; 221m ascent
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