Hardt camping

Camping in the Hardtwald. Guess how many of the letters of the name the French don't pronounce?

It turned out to be a great decision to cross over into France to ride through here. The forest is isolated and deep. Unlike the Black Forest, this is made of mixed scrub and vegetation. So it has so many more birds and insects in it.

Eurasian blackbirds, blackcaps, robins, swans, ducks, beetles, ladybugs, flies and so much more. In the distance, a cuckoo keeps calling out. At one point a fox stopped on the road ahead to look at me, and then walked on into the woods.

This forest is abuzz with life. Bien joué, la France!Read more