Where's Bertie? He's back exactly where he was last night, at the Stellplatz at Hülben.
Weather: Rainy start, then a good few hours of clear sunshine, then a thunderstorm later afternoon, before the sky cleared again.
For weeks we have slept with all four roof lights open and thus have been disturbed early each morning by the arrival of daylight. Last night was cool enough to shut them at bedtime. It felt like such an indulgence to sleep soundly until 7am.
Soon after came the sound of rain and it continued to pattered down as we drove back to Bad Urach and out the other side, to P23 - a vast car park that sits at the start point of the walk we had chosen for today. The walks leaflet hadn't mentioned that it was a pay car park, but having gone out of our way to get there, and with the next nearest car park having a prohibition on motorhomes, we paid up (only €3 so not an unreasonable charge).
By the time we'd had an early elevenses and got ourselves ready, the rain had stopped. We set out with fingers crossed that it would stay fine until we finished.
Disappointing waterfall, one of two on the route. The other was even more so but, in fairness, maybe this hot summer isn't the best time to be viewing waterfalls.
Far less disappointing were the cliffs and the views therefrom
If we had another day at our disposal here, we would have visited the ruins that can be seen atop the prominent lump in this snap.
I've written more words and included more snaps of the outing on our walking blog
The weather did stay fine not only whilst we walked, but also all through lunch and whilst we nipped back into Bad Urach to post some postcards. We were then faced with a decision: to return to Hülben, or to go straight to the next Stellplatz along our route. Hülben won only because it looks the better location for a not-too-hilly run in the morning, although to achieve that I think that laps are going to be involved.
I did try to recce a route this afternoon, but had only found unsuitable paths (dead-ended in the forest; became a nettle-fest) before the sound of thunder had me scurrying back to Bertie. What ensued was one of the few proper thunder storms of the trip. We've had plenty of rumbles over the weeks, many of which have brought us showers, but this was proper flash-bang stuff, right overhead, accompanied by heavy rain. It's all passed again now and we are gently roasting in the sunshine that is now hitting Bertie's front window.
Weather: Rainy start, then a good few hours of clear sunshine, then a thunderstorm later afternoon, before the sky cleared again.
For weeks we have slept with all four roof lights open and thus have been disturbed early each morning by the arrival of daylight. Last night was cool enough to shut them at bedtime. It felt like such an indulgence to sleep soundly until 7am.
Soon after came the sound of rain and it continued to pattered down as we drove back to Bad Urach and out the other side, to P23 - a vast car park that sits at the start point of the walk we had chosen for today. The walks leaflet hadn't mentioned that it was a pay car park, but having gone out of our way to get there, and with the next nearest car park having a prohibition on motorhomes, we paid up (only €3 so not an unreasonable charge).
By the time we'd had an early elevenses and got ourselves ready, the rain had stopped. We set out with fingers crossed that it would stay fine until we finished.
Disappointing waterfall, one of two on the route. The other was even more so but, in fairness, maybe this hot summer isn't the best time to be viewing waterfalls.
Far less disappointing were the cliffs and the views therefrom
If we had another day at our disposal here, we would have visited the ruins that can be seen atop the prominent lump in this snap.
I've written more words and included more snaps of the outing on our walking blog
The weather did stay fine not only whilst we walked, but also all through lunch and whilst we nipped back into Bad Urach to post some postcards. We were then faced with a decision: to return to Hülben, or to go straight to the next Stellplatz along our route. Hülben won only because it looks the better location for a not-too-hilly run in the morning, although to achieve that I think that laps are going to be involved.
I did try to recce a route this afternoon, but had only found unsuitable paths (dead-ended in the forest; became a nettle-fest) before the sound of thunder had me scurrying back to Bertie. What ensued was one of the few proper thunder storms of the trip. We've had plenty of rumbles over the weeks, many of which have brought us showers, but this was proper flash-bang stuff, right overhead, accompanied by heavy rain. It's all passed again now and we are gently roasting in the sunshine that is now hitting Bertie's front window.
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