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Germany TRAVEL

was also embraced by the British painter,

JMW Turner, in the early nineteenth century

and he sketched and painted many scenes

here. Three-quarters-of-a-mile downstream

from the site is one of these, the ruins of

Burg Rheinfels, perched atop rocky cliffs.

It’s a pleasant riverside walk from the

site to St Goar, passing boarding points for

the many cruisers taking day passengers

through the 30-mile gorge. We explored

the ruins of Burg Rheinfels, which grew

rich and powerful by levelling high taxes

on all passing river traffic – a very lucrative

business. Then along came Napoleon and,

rather than suffer a siege and the expense of

warfare, the leaders surrendered, Napoleon

marched in and blew up the castle!

ME AND MY ’VAN

Pa ulKnight...

is retired and he and wife,

Lizzie, enjoy exploring Europe

while,Paul says, “There’s still

plenty in the tank!”

2016 ChaussonWelcome

610. Our second Chausson is
     very comfortable, handles very
     well and, with theFord Transit
     155bhp engine, there’s plenty
     of power. The large garage
     accommodates our electric
     bikes securely

Opposite the campsite, the Siren sits

near the Loreley rocks. Legend tells that the

siren would call sailors to their doom by

combing her long blonde hair and singing

beguiling songs. Distracted, the sailors

would steer their boats onto the rocks and

drown. Fortunately, the sailors of today are

made of sterner stuff and passengers aboard

the enormous river cruisers can sip their

Riesling in safety astheyadmire the statue.

We rode south along the dedicated, flat

cycle path to the picture-postcard towns of

Oberwesel and Bacharach. Here we found

classic half-timbered houses, ‘winestubs’

and windowboxes of red geraniums.

We crossed the Rhine by ferry in St Goar

to walk up past Burg Katz, which stands+

LEFTHeidelbergCastle

withviews to the town

BELOW FAR LEFTOliver

and his mother

Keep plenty of cash handy as
many campsites and
attractions accept payment in
cash only
Takean extension cablefor
electric hook-up as some
sites have very widely spaced
power bollards

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