The Stadtsteinach
campsite was very pleasant and there are plenty of walks to keep
people occupied. Opposite the site is a very good heated public
swimming pool and it looked as though it had been open until very
recently. A good place to stay and we will certainly bear it in mind
when we are in the area again.
We headed north today,
climbing onto the Frankenwald plateau in good weather. However that
did not last and the rain started – short showers at first but rain
for much of the journey. The route to the plateau took us up part of
the pretty Rodach valley where forestry in the main trade and where
the dangerous skill of rafting was used to get the timber down from
the higher forests to the sawmills. In the valley we saw another
restored water-powered sawmill identical to that at Stadtsteinach.
Some our journey was
spent on the 'Castles and Beer' route but, as I was driving, I wasn't
able to enjoy the beer. We did however stop at a supermarket and I
bought a selection of beers – the choice is huge and the prices
very reasonable at between 30 and 70 pence for half litre bottles.
This compares very favourably with England where it is difficult to
find a half litre can of beer for less than £1. Many of the beers
stocked are local which is a bit of a problem for me as, by the time
that I have established that I really like a particular beer, we have
left the area.
The sat nav took had a
funny five minutes when it decided to take us on a section that was
neither main road nor the shortest distance. However we were quite
happy to follow it as it took past a series of lakes, part of a large
hydro-electric scheme just outside Kaulsdorf.
We arrived at the basic
stellplatz at Bad Lausick in the rain. There are no facilities here
but it is quiet and there was plenty of space in the car park.
Photos: An unidentified
castle on the 'Castle and Beer' route.
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