Neustadt to Timmendorfer Strand, 17Km
I’ve changed a WP setting to remove the name and email address requirement for making comments. Hopefully that will open the floodgates but it would be good if you could add your name.
I had a lazy Sunday morning because my bus back to Neustadt was not due until 10:17. That meant dawdling over my BircherMüsli topped with a spoonful of fresh fruit salad and a coffee & croissant. At the bus stop there was the usual Germanic ritual of boarding the bus in the reverse order of arrival in the queue but all’s well that ends well and I was soon walking out of Neustadt in my rain gear along the Baltic Riviera. Barley fields were scarce today. Instead there was light industry, auto repairs, a railway siding and then the Hansa Amusement Park. Soon I was back at the seaside and the rain stopped. The little beach hut things stretched to the horizon and I felt like I was walking on a treadmill.
My two German pilgrim friends, Robert & Michaela have kindly travelled up from Bavaria to join me for the walk into Lübeck tomorrow. None of us have ever been to Lübeck before and we’re all excited to see it and to learn about its rich history as the queen of the Hanseatic League, its destruction by the British in 1942, its delicate position right on the iron curtain which separated West and East Germany and the reconstruction of its old town to become Germany’s most extensive UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Hi Tim
We just dint seem to be able to comment ! Enjoy Lubeck !
Cath and Dave
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Thanks I’m looking forward to seeing this ignored gem of a city
Kia ora Tim, What an ugly beachscape that is with all those ghastly hutches plonked on it. Do Europeans really want them?! The little bird looks very like a sparrow and I checked out ‘European’ sparrow and a pic like it popped up. You’re walking to and through places I’ve never heard of and will never visit so I really enjoy following your meanderings. I’ve just checked out Lubeck and it looks fabulous so enjoy the hustle and bustle of the city. Hope the food matches! Kia kaha, Vicky
Those beach things are a uniquely German phenomenon and I’d surely be arrested if I put one up on Brighton beach. The whole beach is lost and I’m not being selective with the photo. They really do cover the entire beach. I think I’d accept sparrow as the bird in question
Hi Tim – Enjoying your travel blog as always! Although I cannot say that this particular pilgrimage inspires me to add it to my bucket list. Sounds a bit bleak and lonely 😞
Stay well. Buen camino.
Jane from Canada 🇨🇦
I really enjoyed St Olav’s Waterway and Denmark. Thankfully it’s only a few days on the North German Plain otherwise it would drive me mad. I like going up hill. But there’s always something worth seeing. I guess the lack of sunshine doesn’t help the photos
just testing the new-found freedom to comment. Always enjoy your peregrinations. Buen Camino! Mary x
I think it works!
i was wondering how much the beach huts /seats were.
And yes that is indeed a bird 😜🤣
I left a comment – but it seems to have disappeared. Trying again! Always love reading about your peregrinations. Buen Camino! Mary x
It would appear your heading towards a very interesting episode in the walk.
How are your walking shoes wearing?
good question. This has been a relatively short walk for me and the shoes look like new. I walked 2200 Km to Rome on one pair of boots but I doubt I could do that in the modern walking shoes (but they’re more comfortable)
Hi Tim, had 3 goes at leaving a comment/question on yesterday’s post (2 disappeared but though the last one seemed to be OK it’s not there). Philippa T
Oh…so tomorrow is your final day of walking? 🥹 I’m fretting already about not getting My Daily Dose of Tim!
As an Aussie with our endless beaches, free & with room for all, I couldn’t think of anything worse than a hot day jammed in with the masses!
Am I right in thinking this walk (apart from the ferries & island hopping) hasn’t delivered the contrasts of scenery & terrain you like?
I’ve stuck with logging in to WordPress to leave this comment rather than risk being stuck with a random identifier! 🤣
We have until Wednesday so don’t fret yet! Everyone likes a bit of variety in terrain. I think another month of the North German Plain would do me in but I’ve enjoyed the archipelago and Denmark and there is always something worth seeing wherever you are
So pleased to be able to leave a comment. I look forward to your daily blog and photos with great interest. I can’t believe you have nearly finished this walk!
Lucy
it’s been a bit shorter than normal , see you soon
Well done Tim for following and documenting these routes not so well travelled, and hope you enjoy the last few days. I hope to get along to a few of the Proms this year. Thanks, Peter
I’m looking forward to seeing you at the Proms
Hi again Tim, the 3rd one (when I logged in) did get through after all. Hope Lubeck makes up for the bleak beaches and grim historic atmosphere of the last day or two of the walk! Philippa T
thanks for persevering. I’m still trying to figure out how the comments work
well those are happy and cute looking beach huts 🙂 Looking forward to your comments on Lubeck.
Well those are cute and happy beach huts 🙂 Looking forward to your comments from Lubeck
Hopefully I’ll have some comments on Lübeck tomorrow!
Well done, admire your tenacity and perseverance. Enjoy your last days of walking and thanks so much for sharing.
Michael from Santa Cruz, California.
Hi Michael, thanks for your message and for preserving with me! Two more days …
I love the red an white beach chairs the look abit like they should be in a Wes Anderson film Janet
Certainly it’s a surreal picture seeing so many fading into the distance. Maybe if Wes Anderson makes his next film in Germany we will see them in all their glory