Main Pleasures

ONE of the delights of walking alongside a river is that you can enjoy water-based views as well as land-based scenery.

This ford on the White Main does not have to be crossed - there is a bridge nearby - but it is fun to do so

Quite a lot of the path is covered in tree roots, which were slippery earlier in the week after overnight rain, but today were mostly bone-dry

Despite what internet 'experts' proclaim, the water of the White Main, at least the stretch from Karches to Bischofsgrün, looks red, not white, possibly due to clayey soil or iron deposits

Dappled sunlight, but also plenty of shade, was a bonus as temperatures reached the low 30s

Thunderstorms were forecast, but for the most part the sky stayed resolutely blue

After reaching the top of the Ochsenkopf (Oxhead) mountain, I decided to extend the walk by taking a circuitous, but less steep, route down, partly to save my knees

Fascinating rocks

Anyone who has played chess at Bad Wörishofen should recognise this as a kneipp-anlage (you walk through it as a form of hydrotherapy)