Finally, the temperatures have picked up together with clear blue skies - still needing overshoes and very glad I stuck with leggings and several body layers on Saturday, but today its shorts and short sleeved jersey, no need even for a wind breaker.
Saturday was the usual yardstick - 5 hrs 4min, but still to beat 5hrs will be very tough as I expect as usual I will get fitter and leaner, but not any faster this season.
Above Wiedener Eck
Sunday was a Black Forest classic, I had the naive idea that I could ride out to the very top of Belchen and sample some Schwarzwalder Kirschtorte at the restaurant. As I climbed higher, the doubts that this would not be possible were confirmed at the gondola car park. For one, the gondola was closed, so that meant no visitors to be carried up to the top. But the road beyond the car park, which is closed to traffic, was utterly covered in snow and would still be very much skiable top to bottom. I guess the ski season has a closing date here, but theres still plenty of snow up here, Ive seen far far less snow on an open Glenshee with heather and rocks to contend with.
So, it was time to push on head for the most generous serving of Blackforest gateau at the top of the climb from Präg, above Todtmoos.
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