Skate & Rail Ultra 2012 Day 3 30 July
Altikon an der Thur (CHE) - Thal (CHE), 91 km
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![Skate & Rail Ultra 2012](imgsru12/sru12_03_9101.jpg) Breakfast at Hubmannfarm "Schlaf im Stroh" in Altikon where we had spent the night.
![Skate & Rail Ultra 2012](imgsru12/sru12_03_9103.jpg) Breakfast.
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![Skate & Rail Ultra 2012](imgsru12/sru12_03_9126.jpg) A 500 meter section outside Frauenfeld where the escort car drove behind the group to protect us from the traffic.
5-Tage OL 1975, Frauenfeld, Switzerland
In Frauenfeld we passed the field "Grosse Allmend" where we had our tent for a week almost exactly 37 years ago, 20-28 July 1975.
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![Skate & Rail Ultra 2012](imgsru12/sru12_03_9135b.jpg) 2012. Some sections have been added to the buildings but basically it looks the same. The arrow shows where our tent was.
![5-Tage OL 1975, Frauenfeld, Switzerland/Schweiz.](imgsru12/1975_frauenfeld2.jpg) 1975. This is how they woke us up every morning. They were standing on the wall right next to our tent.
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![Skate & Rail Ultra 2012](imgsru12/sru12_03_9175.jpg) Going down to Bodensee.
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![Skate & Rail Ultra 2012](imgsru12/sru12_03_9191.jpg) Going downhill in Altnau using the escort car as brake.
![Skate & Rail Ultra 2012](imgsru12/sru12_03_9203.jpg) Herbert Tentler, driver of the escort car. Altnau church in the background.
![Skate & Rail Ultra 2012](imgsru12/sru12_03_9214b.jpg) At Bodensee.
![Skate & Rail Ultra 2012](imgsru12/sru12_03_9217.jpg) Lunch in Romanshorn.
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![Skate & Rail Ultra 2012](imgsru12/sru12_03_9251.jpg) Passing the Badehütte (built 1924) in Rorschach.
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![Skate & Rail Ultra 2012](imgsru12/sru12_03_9330.jpg) Rosentürmli "Schlaf im Stroh" in Thal.
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![Skate & Rail Ultra 2012](imgsru12/sru12_03_9305.jpg) They had prepared a "cold welcome" for us. It was lovely!
![Skate & Rail Ultra 2012](imgsru12/sru12_03_9325.jpg) Dinner.
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![Skate & Rail Ultra 2012](imgsru12/sru12_03_9343_pano.jpg) View over Thal, Rosentürmli at the green arrow.
![Skate & Rail Ultra 2012](imgsru12/sru12_03_9348.jpg) Sunset over Bodensee.
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