On the Wednesday (5th) we drove northwards into the Schwarzwald. We were aiming for Triberg, one of the most popular towns in the area but, as it seemed to have nowhere to stay overnight, we ended up in a Stellplatz in the small town of Schonach, 10 minutes drive further north. The town was extremely quiet but looked as it would become much busier in the Winter (there was a ski-lift just next to where we had parked). When paying for the overnight stop at the tourist office we were pleasantly surprised the price included free travel on buses and trains anywhere in the Black Forest so the next morning we used the free bus to travel into Triberg.

Triberg is famous for two things. Firstly – cuckoo clocks! The exterior of the biggest shop in the town was even designed as a working clock.

Secondly and perhaps a little more impressive are the Gutach Falls, a series of seven cascades which form the highest waterfall in Germany (160 metres).

The town’s museum had displays of the unusual traditional womens headwear – the red bobbly hat was certainly used a a logo all over the Black Forest.

We walked past the delightfully named Hotel Pfaff to a very traditional looking cafe where I had no choice but to sample their delicious Black Forest gateaux!