Take the road up to the castle, a long climb. Up to the town gate the road has footpaths on either side, but afterwards there are none. The remains of what used to be a small village for the servants in the castle are there, but this has now evolved into one of the more expensive suburbs of Landshut.
After this village the road keeps on climbing up the hill, with steep embankments on either side. Perhaps this is the old stocking lane of the castle, now it is a road barely wide enough for the monstrous cars that people drive nowadays. There are houses clinging to the embankments on either side, some smart boxy and modern and others old and overgrown.
There is a home for the aged at the top of the hill, and a signpost for the children's hospital. Follow this road until there is a turnoff for the public parking space and the public playground. Follow this path, and enter the park from the top, remembering to pick some maple leaves for the flightless rhea birds in the enclosure at the little zoo in the park. Walk across the playground, remembering how much the son used to love the sandpit there, and all the wooden structures and swings put up for children's entertainment.
It is starting to rain, and a single rhea notices that there is a person at the fence with some leaves. The bird stalks over with that curious gait that they have, almost aristocratic, unhurried. A quick stab of the beak and the first leaf has been torn from its stalk. And so on, until there are no leaves left. There is a hazel nut tree there as well, take down a few leaves, the bird likes these as well. There is a young soft hazelnut among the leaves, this appears to be of great interest.
Leave the bird in the enclosure and walk down the hill, taking the path that will lead to the devil's bridge, and walk all the way to the bottom of the hill in the rain. Normally this is the way up, now it is to be seen from the other side realise how steep it is.
This is all a non-event.
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