Salt Lake Schlichi

With Melli and E-Bike, from Hattingen-Welper via Bochum Linden to Dahlhausen, at the Railway Museum across the Ruhr and on the right back to Hattingen.
A break at the DLRG guard Hattingen-Süd and chatting with dear people was also very good.
The Leinpfadoase is unfortunately still closed :-(

For Father's Day we drove a canal tour around Gelsenkirchen, starting in the center, first pause at Holgers Erzbahnbude, view over the Ruhr area from the Rheinelbe dump, on to the canal, but on to the Emscher off the main paths, Schurenbachhalde at the end.

Without a doubt, this is one of the most beautiful laps I've driven so far!
Only one mountain up to the Gruga, otherwise flat, few cars, mainly bike paths and developed railway lines.
Many highlights, the Ronald McDonald House, RS1, the Ruhr Bridge in Mühlheim, the water station ...
A lot to discover if you take your time.

For racing bike but a bad cut ;-)

I wanted to take my car to the workshop in Datteln. The weather was good, the distance was about 40 km.
So it made sense to take the bike with you on the bike rack and cycle back along the canal, Bladenhorst Castle, Harpener Teiche, Üminger See and Kemnade ?! :-)
The bike path between Kemnade and the old ferry is now completely closed. It is only about the redirection.

The start was in the courtyard at the parking lot of the S-Bahn.
The worst thing first: the mountain to Velbert is violent, but only briefly. Then the view gets and the slope becomes bearable.
In Velbert near Obi we turned right towards Essen Kettwig. It is about 15 km beautiful and slightly downhill. Time to watch and enjoy.
in Kettwig we switched to the northern bank of the Ruhr to Werden. Then it was a bit crowded. Nothing for racing cyclists, but okay for a leisurely tour.
Over a coffee at the Scheppen house, we regained strength for the rest of the way through the Deilbach valley.
It was really nice :-)

Respect, at the altitude 👍👍