The HIVE Tour - Episode 60 - Hiking @ Obersulm Germany brings more fruits than expected

They say "Carpe Diem" right? I have no reasons at all to not apply it here in the German West so I'm out to see what is what on a nice day but with a challenging sky photography wise:

I like my neighbourhood here at Eschenau Obersulm:

Especially this old house looks like it came out of a cartoon:

It's time to deviate though and leave this town behind to seek more natural beauty:

After only a few steps I already feel this was a good move - want an apple?

This is a stereo beauty experience here, see the left and right view:

You know nice things are waiting ahead when vehicles are restricted:

And this place is no exception:

It's all German to me but this place looks like a bird's heaven for sure:

And a wine lover's heaven too:

This hill at Eschenau looks already promising and it becomes obvious that I must make it all the way to the top so up I go:

It's so picturesque already and I am not even close to the top:

Guys who stay here are lucky. Like this one with this beautiful fence on my left:

And the one with this tiny cute door on my right:

Both implying that living here seems rather peaceful. Enjoy some views to Eschenau as I go higher and get high on views:

I like these two pairs of brown and green:

That's the view behind me as I go up:

I said it's a wine drinker's heaven right?

And as I keep going up,

it just becomes even more obvious:

I hope you are sober cause I'm still far from the top. Here's a nice tree at the next bend with a bench:

I guess you can imagine why the latter is here. Yep, it's the view:

Grapes, grapes, and more grapes:

I still have way to go to make it to the top:

But every single time I look down I'm sure it worth the effort:

So I keep walking through these vineyards,

and walking...

Stopping only to picture their fruitful beauty:

At this moment I think you deserve a picture of the sky that challenges my camera:

Back to the grape view but...there's a bit of a plot twist in the background this time:

This seems to be a local attraction:

It's all German to me:

I love wood so I like this place instantly to the view of this:

Looking at this though it makes it clear that it's the local grill hut, the second one that I accidentally find in Germany:

It's all German to me again but I agree with the prohibitions, especially with the first one:

Gotta move on up:

Bye Grill Hut!

This sign restricting traffic is promising an uninterrupted walking joy on this West German hill near Eschenau:

And unsurprisingly it delivers so. I see some whit polls though in the background of this green heaven:

Also unsurprisingly that's because of one more vineyard among the countless ones around here:

Ideal location for those generous trees too:

Time to move on up:

A little deviation never hurt anybody:

As you can see it leads me to more generous trees:

and a nice view:

Let's go back,

and continue walking up:

This tree practices "living on the edge" but who knows for how long:

The shade of these tall trees make my walk even more enjoyable:

But this red mate brings things to another level:

It matches my pants:

And my shirt!

What a matching couple we are! Gotta move on though.

There's so many deviations one can take here,

but I don't have unlimited time in my hands so I have to move on:

Left or right?

LeftRight

Both are tempting but I want to make it to the top so I go right.

That's the name of the spot? Could be:

Lot's of logging around here but no one is surprised I guess:

Nature, the timeless green painter:

The more I walk this route the more I wish I had a bicycle on my way down:

I still have way to go to the top. More signs of logging:

Another Left or Right dilemma:

Vehicle restrictions in German:

I continue right as this is the way up:

Logging and more logging:

Left or right again:

Left goes up but not the way I want it to:

In the middle I get the same sign again:

Therefore Right is right:

Walking/cycling heaven:

Loggers have a lot of work here too:

the view of this antenna behind those trees is the first sign that I'm only steps away from it:

However, I see a sign pointing to a hiking trail:

Yep, unsurprisingly I follow it:

Seems to be a good choice as it leads me to this hut which actually is THE highest point of the hill:

Nothing fancy inside:

Looks much more cute from the outside, especially at this angle where the merciless sun doesn't ruin the image:

While one has the option to sit here,

it doesn't make sense to walk all this way up without enjoying the view. this bench allows you to enjoy both though:

The view to the fields below, Affaltrach town and Breitenauer lake is simply stunning:

Now it's all downhill for me, literally, so let's go back to that antenna though it obviously can't impress me as much as the view just did:

My birthplace is full of such stuff but I didn't expect to see these up here:

This thing is tall enough to start a "fans only":

Not as beautiful though at all:

On my way down I see something that looks like a trail:

So instead of going back via the paved way,

I jump into the woods:

Soon there's not much of a trail left but it's walkable:

This place is so full of tall trees that it barely gets any sun hence it actually never dries:

It's so heavenly to walk in here:

The art of nature at humid places:

Trail is kinda lost again:

And when I find it later there's more muddy puddles:

I'm loving it though:

And the green art of nature:

The trail is about to end leading to the tarmac in the backgroung:

Thank you sweetheart, see you next time around (god knows when this will be... and if 🙂)

I might be walking on tarmac now but I'm still in the nature's hug where I meet some cute fungi:

The route leads me back to the grill hut which I covered on the first part (a) of this series:

Now there's three ways to choose from:

I take the one that feels the shortest to me cause it's getting hotter and I've walked already a lot. It was and still is a fruitful walk though, literally:

I so love the green contrasting the blue/white sky:

Though I'm already quite tired I see this tempting deviation:

I soon abort it though as it feels more like invasion of privacy:

I told you I follow a tarmac route but that doesn't mean I can't walk over this wonderful green carpet:

Finally I'm back at Eschenau where I stay and I must say it's not a bad neighbourhood at all:

In the following video you can watch bits of the whole walk in 4K:

Thank you so much for following, see you on the next one!