The temperature had dropped by 10°C since yesterday and it felt really cold in the strong breeze. Strong sunshine and strong precipitation (mainly rain but some hail and sleet) was the order of the day. We took the E40, E411, A13, A8 before leaving the motorway at Pirmasens. Too much motorway driving for us really but it we want to get to Italy fairly quickly. The roads were not too busy but the scenery, although rural, was not very exciting until we left the motorway. We did experience some exciting Belgian driving, the most interesting being a silver BMW that came in from the outside lane to the middle lane, clearing Henrietta by no more that two feet and then proceeded to undertake three cars before return to the outside lane. Needless to say, this was all performed at great speed and to the accompaniment of some expletives from me!
The journey from Pirmasens to Dahn is very pretty with forest, valleys and beautiful coloured cliffs and rock formations. There are a number of campsite options on this road but we wanted to try for Altes Bahnhof between Dahn and Reichenbach. This came out of our Camperstop Europe 2007 book and as its name suggests, it is the old station building of what is now a preserved railway. The restaurant allows motorhomes to stay provided that the occupants eat a meal there. We arrived just before five o'clock after a 480 km journey and parked up in the car park just over the other side of the railway track from the restaurant.
Photos: Teufelstisch (Devil's Table) formation.
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