Southern Germany October 2020

Tricky · Oct 18, 2020

Just a short RR of my trip to Southern Germany last week.

My plan was to get an early Tunnel out first thing on Monday morning and then head straight to Aachen just over the German border (about 200 miles) with only a socially distanced comfort stop in a layby so as have to avoid any need to quarantine on my return.

The sun was just coming up.

Once in Aachen I stopped to refuel myself and the bike. My route was to follow part of the Moselle Valley towards the Black Forest then head down to Lake Constance and then take part of the Deutsche Alpenstrasse to Oberstdorf.

Sunshine and showers along the Moselle Valley.

Autumn well and truly here.

Tricky · Oct 18, 2020

I stayed in Rastatt overnight before heading into the Black Forest the next morning.

I booked a room in Schiltach which is one of my favourite little towns in the BF.

No Bounce or Nutty style gluttony on this trip.... so attempted to keep the calorie count down.

Apart from beer obviously.

Traffic893 · Oct 18, 2020

Very nice. Nice you got chance to get away.

Zx9man · Oct 18, 2020

A nice trip take lots of photos so you can remember the trip while isolating for 14 days on your return

Fenboy · Oct 18, 2020

Looks fantastic. In 1984 I lived and worked in Oberstdorf, brilliant time would love to return sometime.

Tricky · Oct 18, 2020

Zx9man said:
A nice trip take lots of photos so you can remember the trip while isolating for 14 days on your return

No need to quarantine as Germany is on the exemption list and I was able to travel through France and Belgium outbound and return without having contact with the local population. UK border starts at the Tunnel French side.

Thanks for your concern mind.

squibb34 · Oct 18, 2020

You were lucky to get a trip in this season...just.

Now back to Essex, level 2 high alert wef 16/10, just to put life back into perspective.

Zx9man · Oct 18, 2020

Tricky said:
No need to quarantine as Germany is on the exemption list and I was able to travel through France and Belgium outbound and return without having contact with the local population. UK border starts at the Tunnel French side.

Thanks for your concern mind.

Sorry for my sore head as I was going to be travailing down through France stopping in larochael on my way to Pamplona to do the n260 to Andora
On 23 but I cannot with all the restrictions

big rob · Oct 18, 2020

Fenboy said:
Looks fantastic. In 1984 I lived and worked in Oberstdorf, brilliant time would love to return sometime.

I lived & worked in Ravensburg in 1986/87 .... beautiful part of the world, they even had beer vending machines in the factory in which I worked, employees could have a "cold one" whenever the felt the need

Thanks to Tricky for posting lovely pics and triggering some very fond memories :beerjug:

simondippenhall · Oct 18, 2020

You timed that well, I think. Great photos, and love the framing effect. How was the Ducati for the trip?

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Tinytim · Oct 18, 2020

Thanks for that Tricky. Great pics. :thumb2

Tricky · Oct 18, 2020

simondippenhall said:
You timed that well, I think. Great photos, and love the framing effect. How was the Ducati for the trip?

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It's a great bike with a stonking engine and a little bit different from a GS and I've had a few GSs.

Tricky · Oct 18, 2020

Zx9man said:
Sorry for my sore head as I was going to be travailing down through France stopping in larochael on my way to Pamplona to do the n260 to Andora
On 23 but I cannot with all the restrictions

No probs I had to quarantine when I went to Northern Germany and Poland back in August because I made the mistake of taking the Hook of Holland Ferry instead of the Tunnel. I wasn't going to make that mistake again. :blast

Tricky · Oct 18, 2020

Leaving Shiltach the next morning it was pretty misty and foggy...

But I pressed on regardless.

Getting better.

By the time I got near to Lake Constance the mist had lifted and it was another beautiful day. :thumb2

The start of the Alpine Road. :thumb2

Tricky · Oct 18, 2020

I've been down this road before but never seen it so quiet. Which is good!

Santa-2512 · Oct 18, 2020

Great pics, but i cant help thinking

Either 28 days later or I am Legend

Not a solitary other person in any shot

Doc · Oct 19, 2020

Very nice. Bike looks good.

Tricky · Oct 19, 2020

Santa-2512 said:
Great pics, but i cant help thinking

Either 28 days later or I am Legend

Not a solitary other person in any shot

I'm not sure Ducati do a holster for a samurai sword :nenau

essential for dispatching mutants hiding in the shadows probably...

I'll check their catalogue later.

I booked into a nice little guesthouse in Oberstdorf run by a quant elderly couple. The male Mein Host was very entertaining although a bit camp... think Joel Grey (The Emcee in Cabaret) meets Larry Grayson.

My avocado en-suite was to die for!

Charmed by their hospitality I booked for a couple of nights.

The scenery around Oberstdorf wasn't too shabby either.

With Essex going into Tier Two from Saturday it was time to head for home. Also the weather had turned with cloud, rain and snow amongst the forecast. So I took the autobahn north and booked a hotel in Aachen for my last night before the dash to the Tunnel. :thumb2

Mad Hatter · Oct 20, 2020

Brilliant trip report. Autumn is a great time to go. I went to the Eifel region at the end of September with a mate and we had a great time. Did the same as you, used the tunnel and blitzed it across northern France and Belgium without stopping so no need to quarantine. Happy days

RJT_Berlin · Oct 20, 2020

Great report, lovely pictures. Germany sure is beautiful!

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