Wednesday 25th August
We left Enkirch and continued north following the Mosel-Weinstrasse through picture-postcard villages nestling between the river and the almost vertical vineyards. Some of the hillsides have rocky outcrops,but even the tiniest patch of land between the rocks has a few vines growing on it. We are about a month too early for the much advertised Weinfests. We parked up at Ediger-Eller and got the bikes off the back of the van because following the river is a cycle/walking track and we thought it was time for some exercise! A large proportion of the cyclists are Dutch people equipped with huge panniers and suitcases on the back(!) but we travelled light just enjoying the lovely views on a flat track. Needed to move on after lunch as we had to get to Taunuscamp today. Stayed with the river through Cochem (stunningly beautiful) to get onto the motorway just before Koblenz, onto the A3 to ederjosbach, west of Frankfurt.
We'd booked this campsite in advance as meeting Peter and Hannah and children on Thursday (they en route from Austria to home). Quite an unusual site in that it's built into a very steep hillside with lots of terraces. Most of them have permanent caravans on them, but the tourers are sent to the very top!
Turning our rather long van round so as to be able to fit on the pitch and be able to get back down again some time, proved quite tricky, but we are now here to stay till Saturday!
Our main reason for coming here is to see our Lions friends Tilman and Barbara and their (fast-growing) children Claudia and Adrian. Tilman came to pick us up on his way home from work, then we enjoyed a meal in a Brauhaus restaurant (fire station now converted into a micro-brewery) with all their family. Young Adrian has recently passed his test, so he drove us back (with his Dad beside him as an experienced driver has to be with youngsters until they are 18).
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