{"id":8891,"date":"2024-08-14T19:30:24","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T18:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/?p=8891"},"modified":"2024-08-14T20:08:24","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T19:08:24","slug":"day-10-gorges-du-loup-trier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/08\/14\/day-10-gorges-du-loup-trier\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 10 – Gorges du Loup & Trier"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Day 10 already! I\u2019ve had a few questions come in, mostly via WhatsApp\u2026 seeing as the website comments thing doesn\u2019t seem to work for everyone! So if you want to have a look at answers to the first Q&A post, then look here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a night of rain and thunderstorms we woke up to a damp campsite and water covering the front screen and awning. It wasn\u2019t raining as we packed away, so all was well after we wiped down the stuff as it got packed away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The target for the end of today was to get to Campingplatz Moselh\u00f6he just outside of Heidenburg, east of Trier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the way there we were going to try and find the Gorges du Loup (that we failed to find yesterday) and to do a whistle stop tour of Trier – recommended by Tom and Helen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gorges du Loup<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Once Sue had got her internet black belt out, she found what looked to be the right car park to be attacking the route from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So we headed off to the Trooskneppchen car park on the outskirts of Echternach and bingo, a really small car park with just a 1km walk to what seemed to be the main feature of the woods – Wollefsschlucht. How did we not find this yesterday!?\ud83d\ude31<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were a few spaces still free at about 11 when we arrived and after a bit of Rush Hour and waiting for the rain to subside we headed down the trail. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then the rain started again. No big deal, it was warm and not very heavy under the tree canopy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the designated 1km we arrived at Wollefsschlucht.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The images I\u2019m about to show probably need a bit of explaining. Gorge created by a landslide of sandstone thousands of years ago. You arrive at a bluff with the trail winding down into a hollow, up the other side and the onto another hollow. Out of the second hollow there\u2019s a steep set of steps up to a lookout above the first hollow. The lookout gives views of Echternach and the Saure river running down the valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With that description I can now show you some images\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wooded Gorges du Loup Trail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Looking down into the first Wollefsschlucht hollow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Second Gorges du Loup Hollow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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