Summer 2020 #1

10th to 11th August

Edinbugh to Amsterdam 

Fed up with the weather in Scotland and the place is heaving with campervans and motorhomes - so decided to head for Germany which seems relatively low risk for CV19. The Newcastle/Amsterdam ferry was booked for the 11th, a day of fine weather resulted in leaving a day early and overnighting at the Forestry Scotland South Cheviot parking area, a stop with super panoramic views north.

12th August 2020

Amsterdam to Unkel

Arrived in Amsterdam about 10am. Then through the Netherlands on their superb motorway network and onto the more worn-out German autobahns near Arnhem to stop for the night just south of Bonn at Unkel on the Rhine.

13th August 2020

Unkel to Michelbach

Plan was to follow the Deutsche Limestrasse, a route along the line of the border of the Roman Empire between the Rhine and Danube. Like Hadrian's Wall without the wall. Pfft! Something definitely wrong with the route l down loaded on to my sat nav app - l think it was the cycle path. It kept trying to send me up forest tracks. And, then after an hour wandering around a forest loking for a tower, never found, l decided that there must be better ways of seeing Germany and deciding to head slowly south towards the Black Forest. Parked up at a quiet spot in Michelburg for the night.

14th to 16th August 2020 

Leidersbach 

Great green parking area in the village with walks and cycling on aling forest tracks and quiet backroads. Tried out the new electric mountain bike. Have to spend the stae pension on something. Superb! Up and down 300m or more with no problems. Just need places to park up where there is an electric hook-up to recharge it! So far no issues with that. Visited an lron Age hill fort the Altberg and the fantastic old summer residence of the Archbishop of Mainz on the Main in Aschaffenburg, using it. 

14th to 17th August

Leidersbach to Kulsheim 

Still in the Odenwald between Frankfurt and Stuttgart. Endless wooded hills, arable farming and deep valleys. About forty miles from Leidersbach. Yet another fabulous free parking area in a village. Although, you have to pay a nominal charge for electricity and water. More biking and hiking. A huge monastery about ten kilometres away, Kloster Bronnbach due for a visit this afternoon. Below parking areas at Leidersbach and Kulsheim.