27/08/2023

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:




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?

Left:

 Right:



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:


More vehicle restrictions:


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 background:


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:




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!

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