Projekt Karl – A Social Gravel Ride

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  • Impressions from Projekt Karl 2024#4

    Impressions from Projekt Karl 2024#4

    A little reminder of our last ride of the year on Saturday 5 October 2024. What luck we had with the weather! After a rainy and relatively wet season, the sun was shining brightly today, making the forest and the landscape appear once again in all their splendour and beautiful glory.
    This time we went through the Meulenwald, a huge nature reserve north of Trier, on the outer edge of the southern Eifel. A forest with an ancient history. The Romans built countless roads and paths through the forest here, from which we still benefit today. Today we were able to experience the forest in all its facets: sometimes light-flooded deciduous forests, past murmuring streams, romantic forester’s lodges along the way, then again mystical and darker, densely overgrown fir forests. Endless kilometres almost exclusively through the forest. That was an intense forest bath we took. Or Shinrin Yoku, as the Japanese call it.
    A fun and cheerful group of riders turned up, who harmonised very well in the group. Many thanks to all participants for taking a dip in the forest together! Now it’s time for the winter break. Gather strength and ideas for the next season. See you next year and look forward to seeing you again! 😉

  • Projekt Karl 2024#4 on 05.10.24

    Our fourth Social Gravel Ride for this year will take place on 05.10.2024.
    Many thanks to Chief Scout Vera, who has once again put together two wonderful routes:

    Short: approx. 70km with 1000 vertical meters
    Long: approx. 100km with 1500 vertical meters

    To tracks on Komoot: https://projekt-karl.de/en/2024-en/

    The joint start is at 10:00 am in Ruwer at the starting point of the Ruwer-Hochwald cycling path: https://maps.app.goo.gl/zepkexsTiiinoWHAA
    The routes will be published on Komoot and our website https://www.projekt-karl.de in the next few days.

    As you know, we at Projekt Karl always come up with something new for you.
    And since this time we’ll be cycling mostly through the beautiful https://meulenwald.de/ on both routes, we’ll describe the routes simply and briefly with one word: forest bathing.

    If you are staying for dinner after the ride, please let us know by 01.10.24 via the contact form so that we can plan the number of places: https://projekt-karl.de/en/contact-us/
    We will reserve a table for 18:00 at https://www.bella-italia-ruwer.de/.

    There will only be refreshments available en route in Bruch: there will be a drinking water dispenser and a vending machine with drinks and snacks.
    We can also get coffee and cake at https://burg-bruch.de/ in Bruch.
    To be on the safe side, take a bar and a banana more than usual: we are travelling through a lot of nature and the few villages we pass through have no shops.
    You can park in Ruwer in the free car park ‘An der Hüsterwiese’ – opposite the starting point.

    Look forward to 05 October!
    We wish you good gravel under your tyres at all times and see you at the Projekt Karl Social Gravel Ride.