some hometown hiking

Hustley cliffs, Gerolstein

(climbable!)

Jirrelsteen

speaking of bands playing in shitholes…

it probably won’t happen again that an US hardcoreband like Death by stereo is playing a show and even doing some sightseeing in my (not really) world famous hometown Gerolstein. In the scene at 00:48 from this tour video they are having a look on it. Fascinating!

Gemündener Maar on Flickr.

mein lieblingsmaar

See bei Hoffeld on Flickr.

I really doubt that this artificial post-mining lake at the flank of a former volcano isn’t open for public to jump into it etc

it’s priviliged for the local fishing club, it has a lot more potential

Gerolsteiner Frühling on Flickr.

heading to my hometown Gerolstein by bike

in the background you can see the huge rocks above the town which are part of a former tropic coral reef (about 300 million years ago)

I finally did my 1st cycling trip this year :)

Cycling 31km and gaining over 600m of height was a good start I think. But the weather was also interesting: sun, dark clouds, sudden rain and even hail and graupel alternating in short intervals made these three hours quite an adventure. some pictures including weather fronts

some pictures of a hike around Manderscheid - a (very) small town in southern Volcanic Eifel

including former volcanos, craters, a lot of lava rocks, maars, a tiny gorge and deep valleys

Gerolstein von der Hustley on Flickr.

my hometown seen from Hustley dolomite cliffs above