CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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301 km from Erlensee to Erlensee, about 3 h 09 of riding. It goes by way of Watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52 including the, Watchtowers WP 3/23 and back through Watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52 including the. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
The label gives only a pair of watchtower numbers, and the place itself is a swathe of flat country between Hanau and the Kinzig, where the suburbs of Erlensee, Rodenbach and Langenselbold have grown together into a continuous belt of houses, orchards and sports fields. In the second century the Roman frontier ran along this side of the Main plain before it turned south to the river, and the small towers, spaced at easy shouting distance, were the first line of warning. Nothing much remains above ground, and the nearby fort at Rückingen is known mostly from excavation. This is a stop for imagination rather than sightseeing.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 5/9 to 5/10 write-up.
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Watchtowers WP 5/9 to 5/10 is where the day begins. Next is Watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52 including the.
North of Frankfurt, the Wetterau opens out as a wide, fertile basin between the Taunus and the Vogelsberg, and the Roman frontier made a long bulge around it to bring this rich farmland inside the empire. This section of the Upper Germanic Limes, with watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52, runs through the woods and fields between Langgöns and Lich, at the northern tip of that bulge. The towers are long gone, but traces of the wall and ditch can still be found in the forest.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52 including the write-up.
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Watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52 including the comes up about 63 km into the recorded legs. Next is Watchtowers WP 3/23.
Idstein sits in a bowl of the Taunus hills north of Wiesbaden, and its centre is among the best-kept half-timbered towns in Hesse. The Killinger House, a tall timber-framed building with elaborate carving, is the showpiece, and the Witches' Tower, a stone remnant of the old castle, stands above the old town as a reminder of a darker chapter. The Roman Limes passes through the hills just to the north, and Watchtower 3/23 is one of many positions on the ridge, part of the line that ran for about five hundred kilometres across Germany.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 3/23 write-up.
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about 148 km into the recorded legs you reach Watchtowers WP 3/23. Next is back through Watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52 including the.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52 including the write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52 including the, late in the day. Next is Watchtowers WP 5/9 to 5/10.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 5/9 to 5/10 write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Watchtowers WP 5/9 to 5/10. That is the ride.
Watchtowers WP 5/9 to 5/10 → Watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52 including the is 63 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52 including the → Watchtowers WP 3/23 is 85 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Watchtowers WP 3/23 → back through Watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52 including the is 95 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52 including the → Watchtowers WP 5/9 to 5/10 is 58 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.