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I was up at 08:15. I gave myself a lie-in because it poured rain during the early part of the night and my sleeping bag wasn’t in the bivvy because it was too warm, so it got a bit wet. It’s lying on the gravel in the sun, drying, now.
I’m washed and dressed, which was a real treat. I’m cooking breakfast at a picnic table now.
10:19: Packed and on the road. Lovely chat over breakfast with Christina, a tech journalist and her nine-year old daughter. Christina introduced the idea of “wenig tag”, (roughly and more-or-less-literally “just-a-little day”), an idea she practices with her daughter, which is a day of minimal screen time.
10:45: Into the cool, damp forest. I’ll cover a few kilometers here, then follow an R road to Jettingen and Scheppach, before turning into the forest again to finish my day’s walk at Altenmünster. I’m planning on stopping for lunch in Jettingen.
11:02:12
11:27:12
11:52: Outskirts of Jettingen.
12:12: Sitting in a café in the middle of Jettingen. I’m having a sandwich here and I’ll take another with me. €7.90.
I ate them both!
12:49: On the road again after a 3-kugel ice-cream. €3.00.
13:03: Leaving Jettingen.
13:10: Entering Scheppach.
13:29: Leaving Scheppach.
13:33:18
13:42: Into the forest.
13:48:26
14:11: Sign at a junction says Altenmünster 10.5 km. That’s my destination for today!
15:00:04: “The forest isn’t a rubbish dump.”
15:22:59
15:24:53
15:55: Neumünster. Altenmünster 2 km.
16:14:28
16:32: Altenmünster town limit.
17:09: Checked in. The site is actually only for camper vans, but Sabine has let me stay for free. She indicated a discreet grassy spot in the far corner of the fenced compound where I could pitch my basha. The bathrooms are immaculate.
18:22: Back from the shops. €15.39 for dinner of pickled veg, pesto, cheese, bread, little gems and Apfelschorle, plus honey, walnuts and raisins for my breakfast porridge. Now I’m sitting in the shade of a tree at a picnic table, about to prep my food.
21:25: Had a lovely relaxing evening soaking up the evening sun at the table where I had my dinner. Harold, Sabine’s husband, took my snap and took down some of the details of my trip for a local newspaper he produces. I’m really enjoying reading “A History of Computing in the 20th Century” — the time that’s elapsed since the conference at which these papers were presented (1975) is far greater than the time elapsed since the events described in those papers took place (1945). That gives the accounts an immediacy and a simplicity that newer histories simply don’t have. Terrific stuff.
