This is the continuation of my previous post, the second part of our last hike in October, on the last day of October.
We left the ruins of castle Hohengeroldseck and came by the maize field again, very blond against the dark green and other colours around.
From there, the circuit went to the right, taking us through a part of the woods where we had not walked before. At first, the sky was overcast and it looked as if we would not catch the sun again today. Looking back towards the castle ruins, you could have thought it was close to sunset when in fact it was not yet 3:00 pm.
But then!! The sun came through, magically lighting up the woods. I could not get enough of it and took way too many pictures - it was just so, so very beautiful.
Eventually, we reached a viewing point above Biberach, the town where O.K. works:
The viewing point is at a chapel (Konradskapelle, "Konrad's chapel"), originally built in the 1930s and renovated in the 1980s and then again in 2011 or so.
From there, it was only a quick descent and a short walk along the road back to where we had parked the car.
A beautiful month ended with a beautiful hike - and that's all my October posts done, finally!
A lot of lovely autumnal memories for you. The sun piercing through the forest's changing colors highlights the slow descent into what will shortly be a winter landscape. The evergreens will be the dominant color soon enough.
ReplyDeleteThere are less and less leaves on the trees by the hour, but I hope it will be a while yet before the first snow.
DeleteYou always make your walks look sunny and attractive.
ReplyDeleteWell, they mostly ARE sunny and attractive, otherwise we wouldn't go. But not always - click here for a very foggy hike!
DeleteAnother successful hike with lovely photos! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThank you for reading and commenting, Ellen!
DeleteBeautiful skies, and the sun always works magic with autumn trees...
ReplyDeleteIt does, doesn't it, Monica!
DeleteWhat a wonderful October for you and OK. Thank you for all your beautiful photos.
ReplyDeleteThank you for bearing with me, Jill!
DeleteI gazed long at your first three photos, reminding me of the rebuke I received often as a child: 'Stop staring!' adults scolded me.
ReplyDeleteThe high view over Biberach is quite beautiful.
No sprawl, green fields, the river curling like the Forth at Stirling Castle.
A Bonny Town.
Konrad's Chapel is a gem.
I hope your eyes are much much better now.
Jack Haggerty
I was taught not to stare at people, but nobody ever stopped me from staring at a beautiful sunset (which I often did, since my room was facing west).
DeleteThank you for asking; my eyes are now better than they have been since I was a little girl! I have finally received my proper specs and got rid of the provisorial glasses (still the same frame, though). It's great!
Wonderful wonderful news!
DeleteHope you are not experiencing eyestrain sitting at your computer.
I was thinking of you yesterday when I purchased a thriller by Nicola Upson.
*The Dead of Winter* features the real-life writer Josephine Tey (1896-1952) who wrote classic mysteries like *The Franchise Affair* and *The Singing Sands*.
I read up-to-date books about Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, but my fiction choices tend to be backward looking.
This thriller opens on Christmas Day 1920.
I would not wish to be back in that time, but I like reading about the period, and there is a pleasing formality about social manners.
I recommend the BBC TV series about Agatha Christie's Miss Marples, with the great Joan Hickson in the title role. She is so wise and shrewd about people. My Poirot will always be David Suchet but look forward to seeing John Malkovich in the role.
Jack
My Mum and I love to „marple“ on Wednesday nights, which is when the episodes of the BBC series are shown on German TV. We each watch it from our respective homes but keep texting each other comments about the clothes, houses, characters and so on.
DeleteDavid Suchet is also my Poirot. I didn‘t know John Malkovich plays that iconic role as well.
I love the trails through the wooded areas! This seemed to be a longer than usual walk but quite beautiful. I loved your pictures of the castle in your last post!
ReplyDeleteActually, it wasn't all that long; we've been for much longer ones. I just took so many pictures that to pack it all into one post would have been too much - and I could not decide on which ones to leave out :-)
DeleteAnother lovely walking post. This is one of the things I like about blogging - recording walks I have done for future reference. In past times it might have all been written by hand in a diary but there'd have been no accompanying photos. Now we can easily pluck them from our phones or cameras.
ReplyDeleteYes, much of my blog is an enhanced diary, with pictures and cross-references to older posts or links to websites with more information about a certain person or place.
DeleteI go back to my older posts and can relive a particular walk or even an entire holiday by re-reading what I wrote about it and by looking at the pictures.