Departure Campsite: Les Bords de Loue, Parcey, France (N 47.01647 E 5.48148)
Destination Campsite: Alisehof, Bad Rippoldsau-Schapbach, Germany (N 48.38381 E 8.30202)
Distance: 232 miles/374 km (today) 2255 miles/3629 km (total)
Woke at 07:15 to a cold but sunny morning. The washing that we put out yesterday on our homemade line was wetter than when we hung it out. I took some photographs of the river and campsite while Ali prepared a breakfast of scrambled eggs on toast, cereal, and brioche with jam. The river looked lovely with a mist hanging over, and I just missed getting a good photograph of a heron. Zoe played with Maddie and Izzie, and James actually had a shower!
We packed up and left by 10:30, filling up with diesel and heading for Freiburg. I drove first, and we stopped in an aire for lunch and to switch drivers.
We found a campsite on the edge of the Black Forest, which looked like it might be quite nice and got so far as the entrance, but decided there was little sense in camping on the edge and then driving in for sight seeing. So we got back in the van and carried on driving toward what we perceived as the centre of the Black Forest. We stopped at an Aldi Sud to buy food for the and also filled up the diesel tank again. The food at Aldi Sud seemed very cheap, and a 50cl bottle of beer (well, plastic bottle) was only €0,29. As we followed the satnav to the campsite we picked out of the ACSI book, the Black forest scenery looked truly amazing. The temperature was a little cooler than we had got used to, but still comfortable.
On arriving at the campsite we were very impressed. The reception and shop was in an old fashioned building and the staff were very friendly staff with excellent English. After ordering bread for tomorrow, we were given a bus pass (free travel around the Black Forest) and were shown our pitch (which was a little on the small side, but fine) by the river. The immaculately clean and modern showers and toilets were in a block attached the main building. There were also dish washing facilities, a microwave, cooker hobs and a laundry in the same area. There was a second block at the far end of the campsite too.
After quickly throwing the tent up, we drove back to a town called Wolfach which looked quite pretty on the way through. We found a free car park and walked along the river before heading back through the town, stopping at a store to buy us all ice creams. We drove back to the campsite, stopping a couple of times for photographs.
Spring rolls, chili cheese nuggets and hash browns for tea (the kids had chicken nuggets). We had a walk around the site in the dark before turning in. The site seemed to extend up the mountain, but we didn't take a proper look in daylight. Ali and I planned the next couple of days with the maps before going to sleep.
Destination Campsite: Alisehof, Bad Rippoldsau-Schapbach, Germany (N 48.38381 E 8.30202)
Distance: 232 miles/374 km (today) 2255 miles/3629 km (total)
We packed up and left by 10:30, filling up with diesel and heading for Freiburg. I drove first, and we stopped in an aire for lunch and to switch drivers.
We found a campsite on the edge of the Black Forest, which looked like it might be quite nice and got so far as the entrance, but decided there was little sense in camping on the edge and then driving in for sight seeing. So we got back in the van and carried on driving toward what we perceived as the centre of the Black Forest. We stopped at an Aldi Sud to buy food for the and also filled up the diesel tank again. The food at Aldi Sud seemed very cheap, and a 50cl bottle of beer (well, plastic bottle) was only €0,29. As we followed the satnav to the campsite we picked out of the ACSI book, the Black forest scenery looked truly amazing. The temperature was a little cooler than we had got used to, but still comfortable.
On arriving at the campsite we were very impressed. The reception and shop was in an old fashioned building and the staff were very friendly staff with excellent English. After ordering bread for tomorrow, we were given a bus pass (free travel around the Black Forest) and were shown our pitch (which was a little on the small side, but fine) by the river. The immaculately clean and modern showers and toilets were in a block attached the main building. There were also dish washing facilities, a microwave, cooker hobs and a laundry in the same area. There was a second block at the far end of the campsite too.
After quickly throwing the tent up, we drove back to a town called Wolfach which looked quite pretty on the way through. We found a free car park and walked along the river before heading back through the town, stopping at a store to buy us all ice creams. We drove back to the campsite, stopping a couple of times for photographs.
Spring rolls, chili cheese nuggets and hash browns for tea (the kids had chicken nuggets). We had a walk around the site in the dark before turning in. The site seemed to extend up the mountain, but we didn't take a proper look in daylight. Ali and I planned the next couple of days with the maps before going to sleep.
