Friday 2 October 2020

Brom goes high

Coocoo

Another day, another adventure! Even though Mara didn't feel too good as her leg muscles were just murdering her (her words, I thought it was just a bit exaggerated), we were still going places. Willingen in the morning. 

In Germany you have to wear a mask in a public indoor place. 

If you like your wintersports, you might have heard of it, as it is the place where ski-jump competitions take place. The ones where people launch themselves from a 90 meter high slope. We were NOT going there.

Waste not want not

Instead we were going to take a cable car up a mountain to have a nice look around and perhaps even a wander around. In the winter it is a ski lift, but as it was not winter yet (cold though, I was glad for my sweater and scarf), there were no skis in sight. 

There were however plenty of snow canons in place already and they were even working (as in turning, not throwing out snow). But the cows in the field would probably be okay for a few more weeks. (see top photo for the cows and the snow canon)

Once up the mountain, we climbed a tower by using the lift. Mara's excuse was that she could barely take two steps up, let alone a gazillion (again with the exaggeration). From the top we had a great view, and Mara took plenty of photos through the glass. 

When we got down again, we walked around a pond, which was to be used by the snow canons to provide them with water to turn to snow. We weren't allowed to swim in it, which I wasn't planning on anyway, way too cold even for bears. 

After a short walk, we made our way back to the cable car to go back down the hill. There was also an option of walking down, but Mara wore her regular shoes, did not have her poles with her, no provisions apart from water and an apple and her legs were screaming (exaggerating a bit here as well). Oh, and the mountain was very steep as well.

8 comments:

  1. Hari OM
    Well, the cable car was invented so that the Maras (and YAMs) of the world did not have to over exert themselves, Brom old boy... so no shame in them I say! They also saved a lot of time, I suspect. Quite the view from there... Thank you both for making that trip on our behalf &*> Hugs and growlies YAM-aunty xxx

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    1. And we both love them as well. Even if it was quite windy and they were swaying a bit on occasion...

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  2. Glad you had a lift. Hope Mara didn't suffer too much.

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  3. It must have been fun to ride that cable car up and down. There sure were beautiful sights to see up there.

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  4. After finding yourself earlier in the holiday, today you are getting to enjoy some beautiful scenery from on high!

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    1. We went up and down and round and round and everywhere this trip!

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  5. That sounds like quite an adventure! We'd be exhausted too!

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  6. Love the poster of the dog!!! What a beautiful view. I'm tired just reading about all the hiking and walking you did.

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