Author: myfootsteps12

This post maybe a little shorter than the others because I am writing it after a very long day of just over 32 km. It all went well, with mostly easy walking, but I’m feeling a little tired this evening. I set off from Himmerod at around 8:30 after discovering at breakfast that I was… Continue reading The Eifelsteig – Day 13 – Himmerod to Bruch, then on to Wittlich

On the paper, or rather in the guidebook, this looked like one of the shorter days of the whole trail, with a distance of just 18 km to cover. However, the guidebook had been systematically underestimating distances from the very beginning, and, as usual, there were an extra three or 4 km on my Garmin… Continue reading The Eifelsteig – Day 12 – Manderscheid to Himmerod

After a relatively good night’s sleep and a lavish breakfast at the castle (real espresso!), I tried to set off at 8:15. I say tried because the lady at reception wasn’t expecting to see someone check out so soon and hadn’t turned her computer on. Then, when she found out I was from the UK,… Continue reading Eifelsteig – Day 11 – Daun to Manderscheid

This was a tough one with a number of very steep, long climbs on what turned out to be a very warm day. The hotel did breakfast from 7 and I was the first one down. Knowing the day was going to be hard, I wanted to get an early start and so have time… Continue reading The Eifelsteig – Day 10 – Gerolstein to Daun

This was another terrific day in great weather with a host of new discoveries and some interesting encounters. I woke in great shape after about ten hours’ sleep. It was another chilly morning, but I decided to risk it in shorts, with three layers of clothing on my upper body all the same. After a… Continue reading Eifelsteig – Day 9 – Hillesheim to Gerolstein

I was up and out early, before they had even unlocked the hotel front door. Luckily, as so often in Germany, my room key had the front door key attached to it. Breakfast had consisted of a Cliff bar and a cup of instant coffee in my room, but I had more snacks with me,… Continue reading Eifelsteig – Day 8 – Mirbach to Hillesheim sticking to the trail

This turned out to be another long hike because of the lack of accommodation in Mirbach. I had booked a hotel in Hillesheim, the destination for day 8, for two nights. Because it was Sunday, there was no bus between Mirbach and Hillesheim and I had to walk the extra 10 km. However, a bus… Continue reading The Eifelsteig – Day 7 – Blankenheim to Mirbach (then to Hillesheim)

On the page, this day looked as if it would be dead easy. There are just 14 km of trail between Nettersheim and Blankenheim. However, being of a stubborn nature, I wanted to do the whole of the Eifelsteig, which meant returning to the point where I left the trail the day before and following… Continue reading The Eifelsteig – Day 6 – Nettersheim to Blankenheim

This was going to be a long one, as I would be combining day 5 with part of day 6. I hadn’t been able to find accommodation in Steinfeld, the end of the fifth stage, 17 km from Gemünd, and had been obliged to add another 10 km to reach Nettersheim where I had an… Continue reading The Eifelsteig – Day 5 – Gemünd to Nettersheim

After a huge breakfast and a troubled night because of an overly soft bed (not great after day’s hiking, I find), I set off from Einruhr at around 8:10 for the 20 km or so to Gemünd. The day was cloudy, with rain forecast for 2 PM, so I didn’t want to waste any time.… Continue reading The Eifelsteig – Day 4 – Einruhr to Gemünd