The second Corona-Winter is here. Once again there are restrictions – also for vaccinated people. How can we make it through this grey wintertime? With “jollity in the heart” how the outgoing Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel put it. And I think the occasional descent into a safe and sound fantasy world can help. I gave it a try, last saturday
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Autumn has arrived. The leaves are turning slowly but surely into the most beautiful colours. Outside a fresh wind is blowing, the days are short and grey. Despite that there are always worthwhile places of excursions, even though the walks are shorter due to the early sunset. This sunday we head again to the Heeseberg. I visited this place this
Whoever is looking for a combination of a sporty challenge and spectacular views this is the right place. We walk on singletrails high above Ilfeld. And casually three stamps of the Harzer Wandernadel can be collected on this trail. Guideline for this round trip is the description “Singletrails at Ilfeld”. We modified the tour a little bit. Three years ago
This saturday we are in for a roundtrip within the Lappwald. We start at the former bus station spa hotel Grasleben. The walk starts slowly and unhurriedly but upgrades gradually in its highlights. At first we pass by the idyllic Schafsteich. We then reach the rambler’s parking lot Drillingskiefer, come across the Studententeich and visit the Teufelshütte at the Fünfeckenstein
We are on the move in the Huy, a ridge within the northern Harz foreland. Beginning at the rambler’s car park “Röderhof/Abzweig Huysburg” at the L83 we walk about 18 kilometres. A round trip that includes both, the Schloss Röderhof as well as the cloister Huysburg. In the woodlands we explore first of all the Daneilshöhle and later on the
At the Drömling there are supposed to be three white-tailed eagles Burkhard told me. I am interested in that right away. Sure there is no guarantee to see them but it’s worth a try. So we decide drive to Buchhorst on saturday and explore the biosphere reserve from there. Being equipped with a GPS and binoculars we go deerstalking. Next
The Oderwald is not for the faint-hearted, I said that already. This impression was confirmed this sunday. We are on a tour around the so called Hungerberg, the heighest heigh within the Oderwald. We kind of have an idea how the hill got its name. However the wooden coffin-like cases at the entrance of the forest with its brush-borders on
There is one thing you can count on, even in times of Corona: The bloom of the heathland. It is a rule of thumb that the blooming period takes place from August, 8.8 to September, 9.9 every year. Therefore it is high time to watch that natural spectacle on the spot. Okay, let’s go to the “Heiliger Hain” close to
This saturday we are heading for the Börde-Kreis to Flechtingen. Next to the interesting moated castle the place has to nice coffeehouses with an outside terrace and a golden cow symbolizing the change from a one-horse town to a health resort. Prior to the hike we visit the baroque style garden and castle at Hundisburg. Together with the hike on