We were first to breakfast, again! In fact, no one else turned up whilst we ate. Sleep in Saturday in Germany it seems.

Not much happening outside either. You can just spot a man near the cathedral working on his chalk drawing.

We slid out of Cologne far more easier than we entered.

Nice forested paths providing some coolness to what was going to be another hot day.

We crossed a bridge around a port area, a side canal off the main river, stopping to watch this boat full of shredded used metal.

Bow thrusters pushed it in closer to shore, but it seems the river is quite shallow given the amount of mud being churned up.

We have seen numerous of these scrap metal boats today.

Nice church beside our river path.

Peaceful vistas across farmland to another village.

We stopped for a breather outside this closed pub, enjoying sitting in the shade.

Another flood marker. This pub will have suffered numerous inundations it seems.

Today we were on a lot of roads, as the path either does not go down on the flood plains, or there are alternative uses such as industry preventing river access.

In this village, we liked this statue.

Back in the open space we enjoy and prefer. One lonely poppy.

We rode smack bang through the middle of Düsseldorf. Not the nicer old town part, but the modern.

We did not enjoy our Düsseldorf traverse. It was slow, continually punctuated by red lights. Thankfully being Saturday there was less vehicular movements. However, there were cyclists and walkers out and about.

One of the bridges we crossed in Düsseldorf.

Another cute statue.

On the outskirts of Düsseldorf we pulled into a beer garden, seeking liquid and a toilet stop. As toilets are not plentiful again today, we become a customer and use their clean facilities.

Sitting outside we noted this barge transporting new tractors.

There is a constant stream of boats.

This is better. Peaceful.

I’m not sure what kind of trees these are, but we have seen many. They are cut back heavily and are reshooting. Bikes everywhere again today.

So many people ride here. All ages. Electric bikes are very popular.

Roundabout of the day, a global feature.

More open parklands as we approach Duisburg, our overnight stop.

A fairly industrial area, but some decent options overnight.

We are in a 14 story hotel. We have a balcony and given it is still 28C our washing drying beautifully.

Something new for us here in our bathroom. Adjacent to the toilet is this bar code capture. I clicked it and it is an interesting site with many different magazines and newspapers from around the globe.

We opted for an early dinner here at 5 pm and it was a superb meal. We sat outside on the terrace where it was still very warm.

80 km today. Tomorrow, is a longer day and we will end up in The Netherlands as we cross the border in the latter part of the day.

We are ready for bed.