we were on the way to Husseren – which is the highest village in the wine trail of Alsace and we thought we could ride there!!! And we did try. We walked 10 metres, stopped and had a drink, walked 9 metres, stopped and had a drink. Maybe you need a different picture – this [...]
Continue reading about Colmar was beautiful and Eguisheim extraordinary BUT
The cycle trip yesterday from the pretty and sleepy village of Neuburg was only 23.11 k’s. But it was stinking stinking hot. We crossed the border at Lauterburg, but paused on the German side hoping for a last cool drink in Germany – but alas at the border the 2 German establishments were not open [...]
Somewhere along the road between Cologne and Bonn, by ripe blackberries and plums and apples and even more blackberries. Delicious
Continue reading about Emergency Stop – Thursday, 11th August
We arrived in Otterstadt after a challenging 53k ride assisted by some helpful locals and some helpful but not useful locals. We have discovered that people give instructions based on their driving knowledge, which means that you travel in circles only to discover that you were already on the right road. And it was too [...]
On our bike journey towards Bad Breisig from Konigswinter we got lost. We drove enthusiastically down a long long windy fast RheinStrasse expecting it to bring us back down the hill to the Rhine, only this Rheinstrasse led to a big highway which we could not cross. So what do intrepid travellers do? We followed [...]
Xanten, Germany. Lovely city, and Roman settlement and reconstruction awesome!
Day 1 – Ambassador Hotel back entrance ready to go to the station to catch the train for the first leg to Utrecht. Why!! Still things to do like organise a train journey to the plane for last ride from Europe etc. So yes we took train to Amsterdam. Oh yes – and we were [...]
We left Haarlem, in the Netherlands on Friday 5th August, by train – a cheat we know but we had underestimated just how tired we would be and still had a few things to sort out on that day. We had a great breakfast with friends at the Ambassador Hotel in the centre of Haarlem [...]
Continue reading about the first bit of this journey, with suspect k’s
Well now that we are on the way and have a 51k bike ride under our feet we know we can do this funky thing. Yesterday we rode from Zevenaar in the Netherlands to Xanten in Germany and the total ride was 51.12 or something very close to that. It was just over 51 k’s [...]
How can it be when two people plan a training program so they are capable of riding the 850 k’s on their city bikes from Haarlem in the Netherlands to Untersiggenthal in Switzerland – that it just keeps on raining. In March and April we cycled regularly doing several 50+ days. We cycled out on [...]
