Day 3 started with a liesurely cycle across Saxony passing lots of typical villages such as Hesel, Firrel and Ockenhausen before a slight detour to see Lengener Meer which turned out to be a bit of a disappointing wet patch of land. The road tuened into a bit of an unpaved off road trail and at the meer there was a wooden hide which I climed and observed the lake from. Upn leaving the poor trail became a sandy muddy mess which stuck to the tires and was almost impossible to ride on - fortunately it was only 2-3 miles before I was back on solid ground. Next around bockhorn and into Varel where I had a lovely coffee and Schnitzel dinner - after which looking at black skies and being unable to place my wtareproof I bought a new waterproof top in somewhat laboured German.
Off I set with my new waterproof and lo & behold the sun came out !!!!
It was down to the Jadebusen which is an inland arm of the North Sea which forrms a bay south of Willemshaven. A beautiful day cycling east along the Jadebusen behind the dyke , I ventured behind the dyke to see the sea and lo & behold it was green fields - no water in sight & I thought this bay is really just a flood plain.
10 miles later the bay turned north and there followed a very painful 10 miles into the teeth of a gale until I was at the head of the Jadebusen facing Willemshaven from the other side of the Bay - 25 miles cycling to move 2 miles east !!!
At this point the filed had given way to a full out & out raw North sea inlet - there was no question this was a serious tidal inlet. There were lots of holiday parks and Germans families out on the beaches and cycling four wheeled 'Surrey's' along the path.
I tracked the coast all the way avoiding an inland 'downwind' shortcut until just after Burshave where I crossed the dyke again to get my first view of the cranes across the Weser and the ort of Bremerhaven.
It was thena straight fast ride down the Weser to Blexen and a ferry across the Weser to Bremerhaven, from where I cycled across town to my hotel for the night which was the Havenhostel about 1 mile across the City.
I then cycled into town and took the elevator to the top of the Sail Hotel only to be dissapointed that my camera decided now was the time to stop working - I took a few photographs of the town and a fantastic sunset on my mobile phone before buying a new camera in the morning.
A lovely meal in Lloyds Bar beside the sail hotel finished off a good night.