Harz Hideaway

 Wednesday 24/07/24

On Sunday we left the Stadthagen house and camped for a night at Doktorzee before heading to the Harz forest.  The owners arrived back a little late as the knock-on effect of the Microsoft outage delayed some of their flights.

Dassie and Orthos drying between rain showers.

The campsite is crammed with 'tiny houses' for camping without a caravan.

A lovely nature area in the camp

We're in a rather rustic campsite (even though it has loads of lovely 'tiny-houses' for rent as well, but it is in the perfect location for what we wanted - time in nature.  There are  many walk and cycle routes and, in spite of the weather not being brilliant, we've already spent hours walking and cycling.

The campsite nestled in the valley below.

The forest has suffered from spruce die-back so many of the trees have died and are being cut down

The weather yesterday morning was perfect for cycling.

Toni practicing her German directions

We are really loving being in the caravan again and it's nice to be able to stop and enjoy an area, even if we will get moving south again by the end of the week.  

After thunderstorms yesterday afternoon we decided the 
weather was good enough for hiking this morning.

We walked all the way up to the forest observation deck but the promised views were lacking.

Someone found a use for the dead trees.

At least we got to use our waterproofs!

We're getting loads of exercise!