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Trier

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As I left my Pension in Fell, a bus came around the corner, and I was sorely tempted, but resisted!  After the thunderstorm the night before, the rain was set to continue till about lunchtime.   However, I gritted my teeth, put up my umbrella, and started walking.  I couldn't take many photos as it was quite misty, and therefore not much point.  I managed to stay dry for the first three or four kilometres, by which time I was near the top of the day's climb.  Things changed though as the path changed to what was almost "bush bashing", with long grass and overhanging branches laden with water, shed their load as I walked past, and as a result became very wet indeed.  That aside it was an easy and comfortable walk into Trier, where I arrived so early that I could get chores such as washing done as well as some sightseeing. Looking back at Fell Vineyards on steep slopes on the way down to the Moselle.  Trier is a lovely city, the oldest in Germany.   There are many Antiq