Where's Bertie? He's at a Stellplatz at the Benedictine abbey at Beuron (exact location: 48.05320, 8.96716). It costs €5 per 24 hours to stay here. Electricity is available at €1 per 4 hours.
Weather: Almost entirely sunny. Some clouds bubbled up early afternoon, but there wasn't a hint of a shower or thunder today.
At around 8.30 last night, the wind picked up, the sky darkened and within twenty minutes the dust and dirt that had washed off the trees and onto Bertie at our last Stellplatz was getting thoroughly rinsed off, at least on his roof and windward flank. The thunder was still rumbling as we went to bed, but it wasn't much of a storm, as they go.
It was only a short drive (10km) from last night's Stellplatz to the car park just outside of Fridingen, which was to be the starting point for our walk today.
Nothing on our drive nor upon our arrival, indicated that the nature of our surroundings had changed remarkably. It was only as we walked the 15km route that we came to appreciate that, to the east of Fridingen, the Danube runs through a valley flanked by limestone cliffs and outcrops. Thus our walk, that had us weaving a line through the forest (it was very wiggly, both horizontally and vertically), was through stunning scenery, as well as visiting a ruined castle, a lived-in castle and a cave.
We arrived back at Bertie precisely at the time I had estimated when we had set off and promptly drove the 4km further down the road to where we are now sitting.
Our arrival here was a few moments behind a Spanish van, and we both found ourselves at the payment machine at the same time. The Spaniard was perplexed by it, and for good reason. It took us a little while to spot that although the machine was spitting the coins back out, it was still registering them as paid and allowing tickets to be issued accordingly. Thus, we all obtained free parking. I was perhaps a bit too honest, opting only for one day, so if the machine is repaired (or maybe just emptied) tomorrow, then we will pay for tomorrow night. However, we weren't too honest to see if the same fault applied to the electricity points (for which you pay using the same machine) - although, in the same vein, I did only go for 8 hours of electric. We know that at least one other visitor went for the full 24 hours.
It is absolutely lovely just here. We can see the limestone cliffs from where we are sitting, sticking out between the covering of trees, beyond the cropped grass of the flood plain. Tomorrow I will see if I can find a vantage point for a snap of the monastery.
I took lots of photos of our surroundings today, but in view of the poor phone signal, I shall only share one of them with you for now:
Later ... drama involving a flashing ambulance, an air ambulance landing on the plain just across the road, a 4x4 police car.
Weather: Almost entirely sunny. Some clouds bubbled up early afternoon, but there wasn't a hint of a shower or thunder today.
At around 8.30 last night, the wind picked up, the sky darkened and within twenty minutes the dust and dirt that had washed off the trees and onto Bertie at our last Stellplatz was getting thoroughly rinsed off, at least on his roof and windward flank. The thunder was still rumbling as we went to bed, but it wasn't much of a storm, as they go.
It was only a short drive (10km) from last night's Stellplatz to the car park just outside of Fridingen, which was to be the starting point for our walk today.
Nothing on our drive nor upon our arrival, indicated that the nature of our surroundings had changed remarkably. It was only as we walked the 15km route that we came to appreciate that, to the east of Fridingen, the Danube runs through a valley flanked by limestone cliffs and outcrops. Thus our walk, that had us weaving a line through the forest (it was very wiggly, both horizontally and vertically), was through stunning scenery, as well as visiting a ruined castle, a lived-in castle and a cave.
We arrived back at Bertie precisely at the time I had estimated when we had set off and promptly drove the 4km further down the road to where we are now sitting.
Our arrival here was a few moments behind a Spanish van, and we both found ourselves at the payment machine at the same time. The Spaniard was perplexed by it, and for good reason. It took us a little while to spot that although the machine was spitting the coins back out, it was still registering them as paid and allowing tickets to be issued accordingly. Thus, we all obtained free parking. I was perhaps a bit too honest, opting only for one day, so if the machine is repaired (or maybe just emptied) tomorrow, then we will pay for tomorrow night. However, we weren't too honest to see if the same fault applied to the electricity points (for which you pay using the same machine) - although, in the same vein, I did only go for 8 hours of electric. We know that at least one other visitor went for the full 24 hours.
It is absolutely lovely just here. We can see the limestone cliffs from where we are sitting, sticking out between the covering of trees, beyond the cropped grass of the flood plain. Tomorrow I will see if I can find a vantage point for a snap of the monastery.
I took lots of photos of our surroundings today, but in view of the poor phone signal, I shall only share one of them with you for now:
Later ... drama involving a flashing ambulance, an air ambulance landing on the plain just across the road, a 4x4 police car.
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