Mainz to Bacharach. Warm cycling and receding floods.

Mileage:- 37 miles
Total mileage:- 564 miles
Hotel:- Haus Dettmar
After a relaxing time at Janes in Frankfurt, we set out again. We took the train to Mainz to continue with our trip.
We followed signed cycle paths out of Mainz and it was not long before we had to divert because of floodwater. This continued for the rest of the day. Adding some extra miles, backtracking and diverting. Luckily the roads we had to use were not too busy. We could see the floodwater had receded in many places, but was still flooding promenades, paths and campsites. River traffic was able to use the river again, ferries were running as well as the river cruise ships. In fact there were so many ships on the river it looked like a convoy.
We are now in the Rhine Gorge, lots of castles and fachwerk (wood frame medieval tudor style) buildings. There are vineyards on the slopes. It is all very picturesque. We found a hotel in Bacharach, another beautiful little village with walls around part of it. A beer and we are ready for food.