Ticks had first appeared on the Eifelsteig - before it had been too cold. But now they have come out with vengeance! One night I took 15 tic...

My hike through Germany has been ok, but definitely not as nice as a similar walk I have done exactly one year ago. Last year's hike thr...

Hiking the Eifelsteig had been a big detour for me and now I wanted to get to France on a relatively direct route. This part of my trip had...

Modern statue of Holy Rock The Eifelsteig ends in Trier and that was to be my next rest day as well. But unfortunately, I had not taken...

If you look at my route on the map you will realise that the Eifelsteig is quite a detour for me. Why did I go so much out of the way to ...

Hollow trail  I had a very nice break on the Westerwaldsteig. When I had posted my hiking route on a German outdoor forum a long term me...

Marienstatt By the time I hit the Westerwaldsteig I was tired. I was tired of the cold and weather. What had happened to spring? We were...

This trail is only 84 km long and served as a connector. After I had taken the train back from Gerald to the place where I left the Elisa...

Gerald  I had met Gerald aka Wildniswanderer on a German outdoor internet forum. He had found my blog and contacted me via email when h...

View of the Wartburg in Eisenach The Rennsteig terminates in Hoerschel which is a tiny suburb of Eisenach, where the Elisabethpfad start...

At Blankenstein several long-distance hiking trails meet: Frankenweg, Fraenkischer Gebirgsweg, Rennsteig and Kammweg. Here I changed from ...

Snow right from the start I knew I would have a cold start, both physically and weather wise. Before my start date I had studied webcams...