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Second, started in Kaub, steeply uphill, and again, once out of the valley, the walk was fairly even, with an occasional ascend and descend - especially the long one down the Niedertal, and steep down to the river to follow. After Lorch - the stop according the guide, we continued through the vineyards to the camping site, halfway Assmannshausen.

Track * Kaub to Lorch - and a bit further to our camping site. A high climb, getting into side-way valleys of Volkenbachtal and Schenkelbachtal (passing old mines and quarries), keeping more or less to the same height. A steep descent to Lorch, and from there, another 9 kilometres to the camping site, otherwise the walk would be too short. From the camping site, I cycled to Kaub to get he car. * 799 x 892 * (91KB)
Google-0901 * The route as seen on Google Earth; the numbers reflect location of the pictures, * 799 x 1124 * (321KB)
01-PfalzGrafenstein * The Pfaltz - a kind of fun castle, line a ship in the middle of the Rhine, bit now seen from the Kaub side. * 1984 x 1488 * (456KB)
02-BurgGutenfels * Burg Gutenfels - opposite a bend in the path. * 1984 x 1488 * (495KB)
03-AbandonedVineyard * Abandoned vineyard - like many in this area, too steep to be able to earn a living with viniculture. Often, the field is cleared, but this one was just left alone. * 1984 x 1488 * (675KB)
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04-LookingDown * Looking down on Kaub * 1984 x 1488 * (656KB)
05-WalledSlope * A newly erected wall along the slope below a previous mine to keep the path clear of stone.. * 1984 x 1488 * (625KB)
06-WhatHappensWithout * Otherwise, it would have looked like this. * 1686 x 1284 * (418KB)
07-Henschhausen * A look over the Hunsrück plateau, to the village of Henschhausen. * 1984 x 1488 * (488KB)
08-StoneWall * A wall of quartzite - a very hard type of stone, that has been quarries for ages in this area. * 1488 x 1984 * (735KB)
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09-Schenkenbachtal * Descent into the Schenkenbachtal - getting lower to the stream below, starting fairly level but getting steeper in the end; Anyway it lead us back to the Rhine. * 1488 x 1984 * (405KB)
10-Qartsite * Another view of the hard Quartzite * 1984 x 1488 * (463KB)
11-OldMine-2 * An old mine aside the road. The shaft has been filled up to prevent accidents? * 1984 x 1488 * (494KB)
12-Niedertal-Path * In the Niedertal - the path bends in two directions: left, and down. Steeply down. * 1488 x 1984 * (658KB)
13-StateBorder * A mid-German border. We left Rheinland-Pfalz (where the forest is) and entered Hessen - this side of the sign). Nearby is the Granzhäuschen - the Border House - being restored. * 1488 x 1984 * (462KB)
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$text.updated-on 23-Oct-2008 23:04
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