Schwarzwaldverein

Schwarzwaldverein is the famous ‘Black Forrest’, we are based right on the edge of it and it stretches for 100’s of km north and quite a way also south. It is the perfect training ground, it is really well signed, letting you know how far surrounding villages are so you can never really get lost! They also hold quite a few marathon events in the forest so there are multiple circuts you can ride ranging from okm to 80km+

The forest is beautiful, it is incredibly lush and green and the trails seem to go on forever!

There are also plenty of interesting things along the way, I came across these old ruins in the middle of the nowhere. I couldn’t read the sign as it was all in German but it must have been pretty old as some of the dates mentioned were right back to 1123!

I climbed to the top of one of the higher hills (973m) and found this tower.

It was just like a light house, I was able to climb to the top and appreciate the view. Shame the weather was not so good that day!

The view from the top! It was incredibly windy!!!

The Germans are amazing wood stackers, it seems to be almost an art form! These are everywhere in the middle of the forest, quite strange really, obviously no threat of bushfire here!