On Montag 01 Mai 2006 03:39, G Wildenberg wrote:
Hi,
Quoted message said:Alan Castle's book on the Rhine River Trail is amusingly dated as the
section on money talks about Deutschmarks and the section on photography
talks of the need for protecting your film (good advice, but applicable
only to the few remaining film users) and doesn't mention digitals.
Hm I don't know this book but I guess it's talking about the 'Rheinhoehenweg'.
Two(?) years ago a new 'premium' trail called 'Rheinsteig' has been marked
following in parts the old 'Rheinhoehenweg' but with more touristic
infrastructure. The homepage is on: http://www.rheinsteig.de
(partly broken so be aware, e.g. I ordered the map via amazon cause I could
not use their shop)
The map they sell is based on the official landsurvey data but not useable for
use with a GPS.
Quoted message said:Another question I have about the walk is whether the "left bank" or the
"right bank" is preferable. Castle describes only the left but I may
switch from side to side where ferries are available.
Well during the easter holidays I cycled with a friend the Rhine up (left
side) from Leverkusen to St. Goar (Loreley) and back down (right side). For
cycling the left side is a lot better! For walking the right side seems to be
better and that's where the new Rheinsteig is located. When you cycle down
the Rhine you even pass the official Rheinsteig a few times so you might
modify your route a little bit to not pass every village.
If you have a GPS device the following points _might_ be interesting for you:
(keep in mind that we cycled mostly next to the Rhine!)
A very nice public toilet (right side):
N50 12 50.2 E7 37 40.0 alt=74.6274414062
Mosel enters the Rhine (left side):
N50 21 46.9 E7 35 36.3 alt=83.279296875
http://anarki.timegate.de/~sven/gallery/levlor/SIMG4870
Old fruit meadow where we spent the first night (left side):
N50 27 45.7 E7 20 56.8 alt=66.4562988281
http://anarki.timegate.de/~sven/gallery/levlor/SIMG4864
Small shelter on the official Rheinsteig where we spent the second night
(right side):
N50 27 58.6 E7 21 49.5 alt=121.010742188
Here you should bring your ear plugs cause of the rails down in the valley
it's _very_ loud during the night!
http://anarki.timegate.de/~sven/gallery/levlor/SIMG4896 (the shelter)
http://anarki.timegate.de/~sven/gallery/levlor/SIMG4884
(Your view, if you look carefully you can see the place where we stayed the
night before on the other Rhine side)
Oh and Google Earth might be a nice try for you aswell cause they've germany
complete with aerial photography. The photos are not really recent but nice
to get a broader view of the area.
You might consider to ask in de.rec.outdoors for more information from german
people.
HTH,
Sven
