Cuckoo cuckoo Christmas comes early for Deb

Total trip mileage 863
Mileage today 10ish

I’m not trying to say Debbie is accident prone but if she fell in a pillow store she would crack her head open. This morning she rather sheepishly admitted to me that she had broken the blind in front room FFS! 
I also almost got caught in a girl logic trap this morning. Any man reading this will feel my pain.
‘Does my hair need washing or does it look ok to go out?’
It turns out that:- ‘It’s not like you are going to bump into anyone you know’ was not the answer she was looking for.
It’s ok though lads, I thought quickly on my feet and came back with:-
‘But if you would feel more comfortable washing it you should do, you are on holiday after all’. 
Phew close one that, my efforts to dodge the girl logic trap did not go unnoticed or unappreciated by Deb who congratulated me for covering all bases.


FFS!






Our rather lovely digs in Schonach.
















I googled ‘can I park my motorcycle on the curb in Germany and came to the incorrect conclusion that the Germans are anti bike. Well, Tribeg has not one but two dedicated free motorcycle car parks. That’s the way to do it Germany.













The house of 1000 clocks 




Many trees were hurt in the making of this post,



Yes, your eyes are not deceiving you, that is a tub of mushroom brushes. Who even knew there was a need for such a thing.


House of 1,000 Cuckoo clocks, we got bored counting at 567


We started a fun game of who can find the most expensive clock. I thought I got off to a good start here but it turns out in the world of the cuckoo collector this is amateur hour. 



Still a bit cheapo but getting there



Now we are talking, that’s a €15,000 clock. Mmmmm big wooden clock or Ducati Multistrada? 





An all year round Christmas shop upstairs. Very handy if you are worried the shops may sell out of expensive decorations before Christmas.








First tick of the day, ‘ Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte’ (black Forest gateau) 




Shortly after this photo was taken I declared I was done for the day looking inside shops and had a sit down on a bench for a rest. This was a school boy error. The next time I saw Deb she was walking back towards me up the street with a grin like a Cheshire Cat. It was at this point I realised she had made a cuckoo clock purchase. Tick number two for the day, one very happy Deb.

Next, after paying €8 each to climb up to see the waterfall. Simply spectacular. We continued walking to a small lake for a beer only to discover that we could have seen the falls for nothing if we had just started at the lake end, oh well.



Guess which route we took?
















A well earned cold one after the climb up to the top of the falls.



Just a motorcycle on a veranda 



And to finish off a perfect day I let Deb wash the bike. Yep, I know what you are thinking - ‘perfect boyfriend’






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