Tag: #Cee’sFunFotoChallenge

It’s a dangerous business, going out of your door.

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It might have been for Frodo or Bilbo but it wasn’t for me when I stepped out this afternoon.

That’s the furthest I can see without going further than 50 steps from our front door. In the distance in the West is the Palatium mountain range, in between are the cities of Mannheim and Ludwigshafen and the breadth of the Upper Rhine Valley, around 40km at this point.

A look to left, and a look to the right. The area used to be a mixture of residential buildings and farmsteads but today only a couple of farmers are left around us.

And finally I managed an inadvertent selfie (I’m the small orange blob in the mirror). The old wall belongs to our next door neighbour, the sandstone blocks are encircling our front yard.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Walk 50 Steps or Less

There Is a Ketsch

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Many years past the Rhine meandered through the Upper Rhine Valley until it was straightened out between 1817 und 1876 and in the wake of this engineering feat loops were cut off and recreational areas created. Near the town of Ketsch, south of Mannheim, an island was created to the right side of the river Rhine. It is mainly covered by woods with lots of birds and butterflies. It has been granted protected status.

From Ketsch a wooden bridge allows access to the island, restricted for hikers and bicycles except for forestry vehicles. In this first photo you can see that next to the island is the built-up town with roads and buildings.

If you traverse the island – about 2km at its widest – you come to the bank of the Rhine proper.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Landscapes or Waterscapes