Heading back towards Zurich along the lakes and canals south of the Jura.
Scenic roads through the vineyards along Lac de Neuchâtel, always with a few sharp ascents! Pretty townsCroissant stop in the shadeLunch by the lakeInto Neuchâtel – railway, road and cycle lane squeezed into a narrow lakeside stripThere were a few spots of rain which did nothing to lift the oppressive heat! Our campsite guest card gave us a free boat trip, so we headed out on the lake for views of where we’d been… …and where we were going Another campsite, another beach – after the pool, this one was deemed too sandy and too shallow for swimming! But we enjoyed an evening stroll along the breakwater The end was further away than it looked! Calm morning – goodbye to Lac de Neuchâtel First stop was the town of Erlach, which marked our transition back into German-speaking Switzerland And German-style pastries – this one was so amazing we didn’t need lunch until we got to the campsite Hundreds of little boats everywhereAlongside the Bielersee – not that we saw much of itUp a killer hill to the campsite, where the pool was very welcome (it even had flippers to borrow, which the girls loved), until we were chased out of it by a thunderstormThis one did succeed in cooling things down, so we have had quite a pleasant evening! The girls did the washing up all by themselves (and loved it) Then we explored the meadows next to the campsite, and were in bed before 9pm for the first time in weeks.
Yellow Van Mountaineering 