The third day in a row following a similar pattern, Wednesday started again with rain but promised a dry rest of the day with a mix of clouds and some sun, ever changing with the strong wind that kept blowing.
O.K. drove us to a village called Rieden, half an hour from Münstermaifeld. One of the suggested hikes from the booklet provided by our hosts started there from the parking lot by a small, idyllic lake.
We greatly enjoyed the 15 km hike, through woodland just starting to turn from late summer to early autumn, past large pastures with cattle grazing, up on a transmission tower with a viewing platform open to the public, and back to the lake.
Amazingly, all along the circuit (which was once again well signposted) we met just one other couple of walkers - no cyclists, no families with children, no dog walkers.
Admittedly, the uphill bits challenged me so that I had to stop for breath a couple of times and at one point felt a little woozy, but a short rest, drink of water and snack made all good again, and I really enjoyed the entire day, full of peace and beauty.
Please note - the pictures are in reverse order. I am blogging from my ipad where I find it all less comfortable than at a proper computer with a full keyboard, so I am not going to try and faff with it.
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| Another heartshaped tree for Kay 😊 |
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| Abandoned old viewing tower, a lost place I would have loved to explore! |
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| View from the transmission tower |
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| I can‘t resist a nicely framed view. |
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| Place where we had a short rest |
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| The transmission tower was where we were headed. |
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| Rieden |
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| Waldsee (woodland lake) near Rieden |
What a beautiful walk that was! And so nice of you to stop and trim those trees in such a perfect heart shape just for me! I wonder if others see that like we do? Really like the idea of not meeting hardly anyone else, the peace of that sounds ideal.
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