We set up office in the kids cub as it's not being used - there is a good wifi connection and plenty of charging points so everything is being topped up. Whilst we are awaiting the trailer some idiot at virgin has de-activated Donna's sim card and now she cannot call or text anyone. Virgin have sent a new sim card to my parents and they have sent it to us - priority international. So we have been awaiting a cycle trailer and a sim card! What else could go wrong, ...

We never intended to rest up here at Rissbach (near Traben-Trarbach) but we broke a 5th spoke yesterday morning. We found a bike shop that had just shut for lunch so we loitered for almost 2 hours waiting for it to open. The plan is to revert back to plan A which was to tour with a trailer taking the load and strain off the rear wheel. We had a trailer, we toured with it and then we sold it. It creates other problems so we were determined to manage without it. Th...