Our fifth walk. We started low-level, and walked up the slopes to Kiedrich, following the edges of the woods, where forest meets vineyard. This allows free views over the plains with the river in the background. This is monastery country; we encountered two: Sankt Hildegard, still functional, and Eberbach, now a hotel and conference centre. From Kiedrich, the guide would lead us down to Erbach, back to the river. However, we decided to follow the route to Rauenthal. W e had some trouble finding the right way to get up the hill to the ruin of burg Scharfenstein: it's a narrow stairway, hidden between two houses. This ascend was the only very steep part of this walk. On our descend by bike, the doggy ride hit a ramp and tumbled over....