Tuesday, the 4th of May, was forecast to be very windy to the point of stormy, and people were advised to stay out of the woods so as not to be hit by falling branches. O.K. and I decided to go for a walk that would not include woodland.
Ortenberg and its beautiful castle has featured a few times on my blog, so you will be somewhat familiar with the pictures here.
We walked on the comfortable paths through the vineyards above Ortenberg and then around the castle. The castle grounds are closed to the public due to the pandemic, so we could only walk outside the walls.
It was not a strenuous walk as such, but the strong wind constantly blowing was somehow tiring. We were back home well before the long threatening rain began to fall.
Oh, and because some of you did not recognise me from the picture in my post the other day with blond hair, here is another one, maybe showing my face a bit clearer:
I am used to seeing you with dark hair but that blonde look suits you. Walking in high winds can be invigorating as you battle with that invisible energy.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Neil.
DeleteYes, I actually enjoy walking in the wind - for a while, and when it it not too fierce or icy.
It looks like a lovely walk and I love the castle pictures. I hope you get some warmer weather while you are on holiday so you can hike in the Black Forest and other similar places. Regardless of the weather it is always wonderful to have time away from work. Your hair looks so pretty and it does suit you well!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Bonnie!
DeleteWe did have warmer weather - yesterday Sunday) was so hot everyone was out and about in shorts an t-shirts. Today is much cooler again, and more rain is forecast for the afternoon. Apart from Thursday, we have been out for walks and hikes every day of the week.
Interesting to read on various blogs just how fickled the weather has been in places all over the world. Winter-like weather hanging on in so many places. Wild temperature swings, rain, rain and more rain or incredibly windy weather pushing things about--like you and O.K. on your walk. High winds took out one of our trees and part of our fence with it, so not too happy about wind at the moment. Hope the weather gives you some pleasant days for the rest of your holiday.
ReplyDeleteHigh winds are always a worry when one‘s house is surrounded by large trees. I am glad in your case it was just the fence and no part of the roof or a window! The most we have to think about here at the cottage are the chairs on the balcony.
DeleteLove the views looking up at the castle walls. Somehow I've always been fascinated by old castles and ruins... :)
ReplyDeleteMe too, Monica! I can‘t resist such places and have always loved to explore them when I get the chance.
Delete*The crooked roads without improvement are the roads of Genius,* William Blake said.
ReplyDeleteI like your windy day photos with their crooked uphill roads.
This surprised me because I rather dread our Scottish winters, always hoping I will not die in winter. Yet without dark days there would be no poems like RL Stevenson's to his friend Crockett.
Standing stones on the vacant wine-red moor,
Hills of sheep, and the howes of the silent vanished races,
And winds, austere and pure!
Stevenson may have written this in Samoa, thinking of the hills of home, his Pentlands in Edinburgh. The city of high coastal winds bouncing off Arthur's Seat.
The vanished races would have been the Picts who fascinated my father since they left nothing in writing about their civilization, only their standing stones.
You have eyes as blue as the Baltic coast, no wonder OK fell for you.
Matched by your turquoise earrings.
J Haggerty
Your words ‘hoping I will not die in winter’ are somehow very touching. While I have often been thinking about death, including my own (triggered mainly by when my husband died so completely out of the blue 11 years ago), the season never plays a role in those thoughts.
ReplyDeleteThe Picts are fascinating for being such a mysterious people. History as such is fascinating, and never entirely without mysteries.
The castle looks amazing. Love the blond look.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Cathy! There are more pictures of the castle in an older post of mine, from a visit a few years ago - pre-Covid, when the grounds and the tower were open to the public. If you are interested, put Ortenberg in the search bar of my blog, and you should find it easily.
DeleteBlond looks good. And the weather suited the castle, I thought!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jenny! Yes, the weather made for a rather Gothic look, didn‘t it!
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