We left Titisee and drove north along part of the Uhen Strasse (clock route) which passses thru many small towns and villages associated with cuckoo clock manufacturing. The Cuckoo capital is Triberg so we stopped there and looked around 'the shop of 1000 clocks'. There were some very impressive clocks, not all cuckoo, at some very impressive prices. I picked up a genuine hand carved door for 1.50 euro, so just need and cuckoo and a clock mechanism now!
The highest waterfall in Germany is nearby and was worth a brief stop before continuing north along some pretty river valleys, more like peak district now, before emerging on autobahn system to get round Karlsruhr. The roads were actually very quiet because it was a public holiday and we made good time to Landau which is on the edge of the Rhein-Platz wine region. We found a small family run camper stop with 5 places, like a CL, at a Weingut (vine yard) in the village of Fellingden. Not touristy, bit of a language problem but we got by. The whole village seemed be vine yards and cellars.
We were sitting outside after cooking a meal when we noticed one or two large flying things that looked rather like bees. Before long we were surrounded by dozens of what turned out to be harmless but rather alarming, when they flew near you, beetles about 10 times the size of ladybird. They stayed around for about half an hour and disappeared as quickly as they had appeared. We think they either buried themselves in the ground or hid in the grass. The German couple who were sharing the camper stop, explained that this happened in June in this area. We found a dormant one in the van later and took its photo for the record and for googling.
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