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...We ride out into gin-clear mornings, spinning down green valleys, past explosions of bougainvillea from cottage gardens, stands of willows marking the seam of a river....
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...It began as a film of mist moving along the Elbe valley, scouting its way around a river bend, breaking against the bows of the antique ferries moored at the jetties....
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...The German artist became enchanted by the 100km stretch of river and the region’s snowy peaks, and the area has since inspired more than 70 of his paintings and photographs....
...I walked downhill to town, and drank more coffee on the banks of Mad River while everywhere the same refrain went up: where will you watch it? Where will you go?...
...One last step and I’ll be ready to cast, only the bank gives way beneath my feet, tumbling into the river. There is a surge of water as fish flee....
...And for the older members of our little peloton, some cheeky in-saddle fizz. Camping was the last thing on our minds as we zipped giddily into La Rochelle’s Vieux Port....
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...After crossing the river, continue through forests to the outskirts of Winterthur....
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...I back up onto the bank and ease it toward me. I don’t have a net, for a variety of reasons, but after a time I bring the trout into the shallows....
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...Set on the banks of the Reuss river, the 300-year-old chalet oozes charm, with its exposed timber beams, geothermal heating and antique skis mounted on the walls....
...I was reminded of his advice when taken to a new top-down initiative, wished on the river valley up from the village of Asminio across whose banks the Euboean fire failed to spread....
...Beyond the little town of Camelford, a path follows the banks of the River Camel through shady stands of sycamore and beech, then bends uphill past the lonely little church of St Adwenna....
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