CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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290 km from Melsbach to Melsbach, about 4 h 02 of riding. On the way it passes Kottenforst Nord | Am Weißen Stein 2, Neuss-Reckberg | Kleinkastell and back through Kottenforst Nord | Am Weißen Stein 2. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Just north of Neuwied, the Westerwald begins to climb out of the Rhine valley, and the Roman frontier ran up through the woods from its starting point on the river, rising and falling over the low ridges. The Limes here is the Upper German section in its earliest stretch, where watchtowers 1/32 to 1/34 stood close together on the hillside above the Wied, a small river that runs through a pretty, wooded valley to join the Rhine. Melsbach, a village of two thousand people next to the point, lies in this valley, and the surrounding hills are a mix of beech forest, meadow and the fields of the Neuwied basin.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 1/32 to 1/34 write-up.
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Watchtowers WP 1/32 to 1/34 is where the day begins. Next is Kottenforst Nord | Am Weißen Stein 2.
Bornheim is asparagus country, and if you ride past the Kottenforst in late spring you will see why. The sandy soil on the Rhine terraces just south of Cologne suits the white spears perfectly, and from roughly April to the end of June the farm stands along the roads sell them by the kilo, along with strawberries that follow soon afterwards. This is the Vorgebirge, a low ridge between the Rhine plain and the Eifel foothills, long used for market gardening and orchards, and the Weißer Stein stop sits in the woodland at its edge.
Read the complete Kottenforst Nord | Am Weißen Stein 2 write-up.
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Kottenforst Nord | Am Weißen Stein 2 comes up 65 km in. Next is Neuss-Reckberg | Kleinkastell.
The Rhine was the northern frontier of the Roman Empire for centuries, and the string of forts, towers and camps along its western bank is now recognised as the Lower Germanic Limes, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2021.
Read the complete Neuss-Reckberg | Kleinkastell write-up.
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131 km in you reach Neuss-Reckberg | Kleinkastell. Next is back through Kottenforst Nord | Am Weißen Stein 2.
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back through Kottenforst Nord | Am Weißen Stein 2, late in the day. Next is Watchtowers WP 1/32 to 1/34.
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Read the complete Watchtowers WP 1/32 to 1/34 write-up.
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Back at Watchtowers WP 1/32 to 1/34. That is the ride.
Watchtowers WP 1/32 to 1/34 → Kottenforst Nord | Am Weißen Stein 2 is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Kottenforst Nord | Am Weißen Stein 2 → Neuss-Reckberg | Kleinkastell is 70 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Neuss-Reckberg | Kleinkastell → back through Kottenforst Nord | Am Weißen Stein 2 is 70 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Kottenforst Nord | Am Weißen Stein 2 → Watchtowers WP 1/32 to 1/34 is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.