A considerable amount of 'up' ! ... but on Sunday ...

Am I glad I took the train here to Donaueschingen. On the way up the mountain it at last stopped raining ... instead it turned to snow! At times it looked like a Christmas Card scene as the track wound its way up through the forest - very picturesque but I'm bloody glad I wasn't out in it on my bike. As it turned out, here on the 'other side' of the hill in Donaueschingen it was still coming down as rain. After a wet few km I found the campsite and got nicely sorted. Its got free hot water, there's a launderette and a cheap bar/restaurant. The forecast is for sun on Sunday so I've booked in for two nights to get everything washed and clean before I set off down the Neckar. (Because I'd had to take the tent down yesterday morning in the pouring rain, I had to use my dirty clothes last night as a mop to get the floor of the tent dry before I could roll out my Thermarest and sleeping bag!)
I've got the Radweg book (cycle guide) for the Neckar and it's all downhill from now on. The first couple of days in particular ought to see me covering a decent distance ... but you know what they say about counting chickens!