Tag: Berlin

E11: Schlachtensee – Berlin-Tiergarten

Sunday, July 29: Cloudy to begin with, then hot & sunny

Hiking: 29.6 km

Home

It had rained some more during the night, but the day started clearing after a very short break. I got all my stuff together (including the two new towels) and left Kevin’s keys on the desk, as he had requested some time last night. At least no wild party girls or couples having sex in the night.

I was soon down at where the track begins and noticed that there was a white-blue-white sign with “11” on it, so about the time my recorded track had parted company with this 11, I chose to join it to see where it went. At least it remained fairly green for a while, and I noted von-Luck-Str and Spanische Allee turning up. I followed the marking over the street, and then it was briefly lost until I went through a small tunnel under the railway to Schlachtensee itself, and took up the track again. I had wondered about a couple that I had met along the way dressed in bathrobes, but this lake is a certified swimming lake and plenty of people were doing just that. Read more…

E11: Golzow – Ferch

Friday, July 27: Day n of the scorcher, very hot and sunny to begin with, but the cloud varied quite a bit. Signs of a thunderstorm towards evening

Hiking: 31.8 km

Kevin’s

I had been woken at around 3:00 by someone having a very hot shower, and someone else (the boyfriend) vaping in the lounge. I hope the shower wasn’t meant as contraception, although it looked very much that way (especially at that time, and with the vape). I couldn’t sleep much past 7:30, and so started on my preparations for the hike.

The smaller roll was had for breakfast and the larger one set up with bell pepper sausage for lunch. That with now four litre bottles of water was packed away and I was ready to go with the first set of trains. Had to stop by the bank for some cash, but even then I took a set of trains one too early, and a good thing, too, because it took most of the twenty minutes waiting time trying to ascertain where the 580 bus left from (all other bus lines appeared to start with “6”). Finally nailed down the bus, asked the driver and identified the temporary bus stop that he was planning to use.

There must also have been an issue with traffic around the forest fire, because as we were about to enter Lehnin, everybody seemed to be wanting to exit the motorway, and a gigantic traffic jam ensued. Our bus driver did the best he could, and we had only about ten minutes’ delay in the end. Then it was off onto the track again. Read more…

E11: Bad Belzig – Golzow

Thursday, July 26: Hot and sunny, a little wind, very few clouds

Hiking: 33.3 km

Kevin’s (room in student dorm shared flat in Berlin, €22.7 a night, will be a bit of a challenge)

Was up very early, despite all the attempts of the host to darken the windows (dark drawer, venetian blind, curtains), as the room had become quite hot. Down at breakfast, the only other guest was there as well indulging in his habit of addressing the phone. Anyway, breakfast was three bread rolls, coffee, and the usual assortment of sausage and cheese. I put one bread roll away for lunch, proceeded to pay, and was down at the market square getting a GPS fix before 9:00.

The walk around town to the north should really be done the day before, as it is only about 2.0 km longer. The street to come back down is Rosa-Luxenburg-Str., and that is quite well marked. I took hydration breaks at Springbach-Mühle and Lütte, and lunch was on the plan just outside of Dippmannsdorf. Here there is a further pub which is now called “Paradies”. The sandy track is quite hard to negotiate as dry as it is, and the Scots pine and/or larches throw about as much shadow as the eucalypt. In the meantime there were denser forest areas which were cooler. Read more…

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