{"id":2564,"date":"2010-07-11T20:01:33","date_gmt":"2010-07-11T19:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geoffjones.com\/?p=2564"},"modified":"2010-07-11T20:01:33","modified_gmt":"2010-07-11T19:01:33","slug":"rorschach-to-ellikon-swimming-differently","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/?p=2564","title":{"rendered":"Rorschach to Ellikon – Swimming differently"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today was yet another scorcher, last nights lightning made no difference.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I did 64 miles in just over 6 hours making it 10mph! Some of the places I went through were simply unbelievable eg Stein am Rhein <\/a>a real postcard town!<\/p>\n

Its pretty amazing to see folks been carried along in the current at 6mph, they just get out and walk back to the start! I did it outside my hotel in Ellikon – great fun \ud83d\ude42 they also have a cunning ferry crossing too, basically its like a giant pendleum that swings across the river on a slider wire! The hotel itself, Hotel Zum Schiff<\/a> dates from 1541 so is an interesting place although a fan would be useful.<\/p>\n

Apparently the river is navigable all the way to Rotterdam now – so maybe I will just float down.Its at 272m altitude so compared to The Amazon its a pretty fast river.<\/p>\n

Here’s the route and statistics:
\nRorschach to Ellikon (Rhein Radweg Day 3) at EveryTrail<\/a>