Day 8, Bad Zurzach to Bad Saekingen

5 deg cooler today? ... we don't think so! Maybe two at best. Maybe. Woke up to the news that UK has voted to leave EU. Everyone we speak to today asks us what we think: shocked, appalled then disappointed. What have we done? Indyref2 is bound to follow. The glory days of Empire are behind us and will not return with Brexit. Politics over, I'm on holiday (which is suddenly even more expensive!).
With the heat returned we are particularly thankful that today is a short and fairly flat day (and is back into Germany with reasonable prices). We only got 8k after a mediocre breakfast before we stopped in yet another lovely old town centre (Waldshut) for a welcome iced coffee and cake. Refreshed, we made it another 15k before a second coffee stop in Laufenburg on a terrace overlooking the river and medieval buildings. On we rode through the heat until reaching our stopover town of Bad Saekingen where we collapsed in a town square beer garden for a cold one. Then it was on to the hotel on the edge of town (alright, on the edge of a business park) where we have a brilliant big room with balcony overlooking the Rhine (and the road, and the Franke factory, and the Swiss railway). First ribeye of the holiday was fab; pity the Internet connection is rubbish!
p.s. To all who scoffed at my bargain purchase of Shimano SPD cycling sandals (knocked down from £81 to £19.99 in the sale), they are the business for this trip. Shame about the tan marks, and I did have to watch for the snow in Oberalppass, but they are unbeatable now!
39.5 km; 14.8 kph avg; 2:39 moving time; 264m ascent