The 1100km of the Elbe that we followed down has far fewer ferries on the cycle route than we might have expected from past rivers. But in the few photos of ferry crossings I have picked out, you will definitely see the difference in the size of the river as we get nearer the very wide mouth of the river near Cuxhaven.
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| This ferry goes from the railway station to the town of Bad Schandau. Since we had bikes it was easier for us to bike across the bridge further down-river. This is the Elbe at our starting point |
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| Coming in to Strehla, about 100km from our start |
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| Looking back from the Strehla landing |
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| Another 100km or so on, near the town of Wörlitz |
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| Same ferry, looking the other way |
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| 40km downstream, crossing from Aken |
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| Not a lot of vehicles on the Aken ferry! |
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| Another 100 or so km north (downstream), Rogätz. Still not a lot of vehicles |
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| Over 200km north from the last ferry, is Hitzacker. Alternative routes on both sides of the river meantfewer crossings needed. |
A crossing I don't have a photo of between these photos was in the middle of a storm - dark from the black clouds, cold and raining.
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| The last crossing, looking back. From Glückstadt to Wischhafen. The Elbe is enormous here, and getting bigger every km |
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| Looking forward |
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| Wide, wide, wide. Wide as, in fact... |
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| Ferry busy this time! |
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| The big boat dwarfs the "little" boat, which is really a big boat... and the river accommodates both |
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| But later, the bigger boat dwarfs the big boat... |
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| And that's the end of the Elbe - it is now part of the North Sea |
But not the blog. More to come.
