{"id":5712,"date":"2012-05-28T23:25:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-28T21:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/?p=5712"},"modified":"2018-04-15T19:03:04","modified_gmt":"2018-04-15T17:03:04","slug":"cycle-touring-in-the-black-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/2012\/05\/cycle-touring-in-the-black-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"Cycle touring in the Black Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Friday evening after some lengthy packing Leonie and I had two laden touring bikes. We headed off in the evening heat bound for somewhere around Waldkirch. After a nice little cruise we arrived at somewhere around Waldkirch and camped the night at a camping ground “Etztalblick”.<\/p>\n

On Saturday we headed up the valley and over a little pass on a mix of roads, cycle ways, and unsealed tracks to Haslach im Breisgau where we found a delicious ice cream store. We consumed delicious ice creams and then continued on towards Triberg. On our way we were tricked by tricksy cycle path signs. We ended taking a “short cut” which lead us up a very steep road (16 %) into the hills. After much slogging we decided to camp the night and found a little patch of meadow suitably close to the forest as to not awaken the wrath of any farmer.<\/p>\n

The weather continued to be good to us on Sunday and we continued on our way back towards Freiburg. We had a premium descent down to Simonswald which was a definite highlight of the trip. After determining that the ice cream in Waldkirch wasn’t up to Haslach standards we rode back to Freiburg in the hot high-twenties evening.<\/p>\n

\"Leonie<\/a> \"Heidburg<\/a><\/p>\n

Above left: Leonie nears our camp ground close to Waldkirch on Friday evening. Above right: Our first pass on Saturday. Ok, it’s just a little one.<\/p>\n

\"Leonie<\/a> \"Camping<\/a><\/p>\n

Above left: Leonie at our camp site in a meadow in the Black Forest. Above right: At our camp in the Black Forest.<\/p>\n

\"Cris<\/a> \"Leonie<\/a><\/p>\n

Above: On Sunday, on our way back we foolishly visited “Germany’s longest waterfall”. It’s all lies. It’s a whole bunch of little waterfalls and unlikely actually the biggest waterfall in Germany. I’m sure you could find longer ones in Allgaeu. Still it was working wonders on the tourists. Ugghhh.<\/p>\n

\"Listening<\/a> \"Leonie<\/a> \"Leonie<\/a><\/p>\n

Above left: The ancient art of puncture repair. One must establish a rapport with the tube. Above middle: Leonie rides into Haslach im Breisgau. Above right: Leonie on her steed.<\/p>\n

\"Leonie,<\/a><\/p>\n

Above: Ice creams in Haslach im Breisgau.<\/p>\n

\"Cris<\/a> \"Cous<\/a><\/p>\n

Above left: Cris kitted out in full hard-out cycle tourist attire. Above right: Dinner. Cous cous is quick to prepare and can sometimes (if you squint your tastebuds) be a tasty treat.<\/p>\n

Distance: Approx 160 km. GPS track: Vanished after my GPS died during the trip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Friday evening after some lengthy packing Leonie and I had two laden touring bikes. We headed off in the evening heat bound for somewhere around Waldkirch. After a nice little cruise we arrived at somewhere around Waldkirch and camped the night at a camping ground “Etztalblick”. On Saturday we headed up the valley and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cycling","category-germany","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5712"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18064,"href":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5712\/revisions\/18064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}