I still had a bit of the Weser-Harz-Heide cycle ride to do so thought I would knock off the Harz section before we went home. That would mean I would have completed 309km of the 414km ride and as I had cycled along the Weser river I wasn't over-fussed about doing that section. Also I am a bit over trying to navigate my way through towns and it is much harder when you are not following a river.
So caught the train to Goslar, then spent half an hour trying to navigate my way out of Goslar (ended up back at the railway station so never got lost). Finally headed up hill and then discovered the small front chain ring on my bike wasn't working which made it pretty tough on the hills.
A lot of the trail was either next to a busy road or an old train track that used to go through the Harz mountains. The final part was a 3.5km climb up through forest on a gravel road where I had to resort to pushing the bike. I emerged out of the forest at the top and lo and behold there was a camping ground with semi permanent caravans and playgrounds. I had arrived at Clausthal-Zellerfield in the middle of the Harz mountains and climbed 500m to get there.
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| Cycle way along old train track |
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| Church in Clausthal-Zellerfield |
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| Clausthal-Zellerfield |
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