Day 8: Wilhelmshaven-Nordenham

As I wrote yesterday, the ferry that I wanted to take over the Jade Bight, is not operated on Mondays, so I had to depart on a not so little detour around the bay today. First though, my hotel had an excellent breakfast in the café that belongs to the hotel. With this energy boost, I left Wilhelmshaven at half past nine.

The weather forecast predicted thunderstorms from four in the afternoon, so I thought that I had enough time to reach Nordenham from where the Weser ferry would take me to Bremerhaven.

After two hours though, I noticed for the first time some very dark clouds above me. Shortly after, a heavy rain shower started, luckily in the exact moment when I passed by a little tavern. So I took a prolonged lunch break there (cake for lunch is a concept which is underrated). I also had very good entertainment there because a group of cyclists tried to tease the slightly unfriendly owner, but she always had the quicker responses.

After about an hour, the road started drying enough so that I continued. I got very close to Nordenham when the next rain shower took me by surprise. And this one was worse than the first, so I realised that it was unlikely for the roads to dry again in time for me to reach the ferry before the actual thunderstorms were predicted. So I took a local bus to the ferry harbour instead.

I did not make it dry to my hotel either because before I got there, the thunderstorms started. So all in all, it was a very wet afternoon and evening in Bremerhaven. On the positive side, I had some delicious surf and turf for dinner, and it seems like the sky is clearing up again now.

Tomorrow, I plan to go to Cuxhaven – forty kilometres if I go the direct way or a bit longer if I follow the dyke route, which I probably will if the weather looks fine.