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 [...]
These 2 oldies (did I really say that?); we are preparing for a bike ride of some 850 or 900 k’s depending on where you check. Sadly we are not training as much as we should, but we are getting together the bits and pieces that might just make the trip manageable and we are [...]
In short – no we are not We are not in good shape for our ride – but we are working on it. And we will have time to do it, the trip I mean, after all Best Beloved will have retired – (forced to retire, unheard of in New Zealand), so we have nowhere [...]
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Today Sunday managed 6.7 k’s there has to be a better way! I can tell that I have not been on the bike for at least 4 months
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There you go – we have succumbed to the lure of the car. Tis out now – we have driven ourselves by car – not public transport and bicycles in the UK We arrived home Sunday night, 10th October rather late, after a 10 day journey from Haarlem by train, via Ghent in Belgium, on [...]
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From Yahoo answers Why is the BMW sometimes called Beamer/Bimmer? The term “beemer” started as an acronym for the abbreviation “BMW,” adapted from the early-20th century British pronunciation of BSA (as “beeser” or “beezer”), whose motorcycles were often racing BMWs. Over time, the term became closely associated with BMW motorcycles. The term “bimmer” was later [...]
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Trip through Europe by flower parade
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I wanted stationary photographs of the Viking Float – being a Viking, born in Denmark and because it was fantastic. But you do not always get what you want – and probably all Dutch people know that the whole parade does not end up in Haarlem for viewing because it is just too big. It [...]
From Daily Dutch News in English, The International Sand Sculpture Festival begins on Saturday 25th April at Scheveningen link to interesting Sand Sculpture Gallery which might just make it interesting enough for you to consider going to the festival in the Netherlands while you are here in Europe.
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Flower parade brochure – which has the route and some detail in English.
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