Today was to be a new cycling experience for both of us. On Klaus’s last tour he had been to Lübeck and seen the Baltic Sea at Timmendorfer Strand but had not cycled further east. I have cycled to the UK from Berlin but had not cycled on the Baltic coast at all. This was… Continue reading Kempen-Usedom-Berlin-Kempen Day 5: Grevesmühlen to Ribnitz-Damgarten
Author: Auntie Helen
Kempen-Usedom-Berlin-Kempen Day 4: Glückstadt to Grevesmühlen
Day four of the tour already!! We both slept really well and went out to check the velomobiles first thing – they were fine. Breakfast was a fine spread and we set ourselves up for the day with cereal, rolls, egg, cold cuts, yoghurt and fruit. Friend Jochen had written a report about his 600km… Continue reading Kempen-Usedom-Berlin-Kempen Day 4: Glückstadt to Grevesmühlen
Kempen-Usedom-Berlin-Kempen Day 3: Oldenburg to Glückstadt
After a good night’s sleep it was time for a hearty breakfast. We were ready to set off by 08:30 having refilled our water bottles and extracted the Velomobiles from the bin store. Today’s ride was to Glückstadt and involved two ferry crossings, the Weser and the Elbe. We set off with good weather and… Continue reading Kempen-Usedom-Berlin-Kempen Day 3: Oldenburg to Glückstadt
Kempen-Usedom-Berlin-Kempen Day 2: Bad Bentheim to Oldenburg
We slept well in the very quiet Ferienwohnung and I was woken by birdsong. Unfortunately when looking at the news we learned about the attack in London, another sobering event. It had rained very heavily overnight but the bikes were well protected under a roof overhang beneath our Ferienwohnung (the first floor of a private… Continue reading Kempen-Usedom-Berlin-Kempen Day 2: Bad Bentheim to Oldenburg
Kempen-Usedom-Berlin-Kempen Day 1: Kempen to Bad Bentheim
The first day of the tour! This is the planned route: Before setting off we had breakfast and then packed everything into the bikes. Klaus had much more room than last time we rode to Bad Bentheim (9 days ago) as he had the tent then, as well as an Isomatte and sleeping bag. I… Continue reading Kempen-Usedom-Berlin-Kempen Day 1: Kempen to Bad Bentheim
Six Wheels In Germany – May 2017 (Month 38)
Cycling this month Cycling statistics this month This month I did a bit better with my distance but I am still not riding as regularly as I used to do (excluding work commutes). This is because life is busy and has been changing quite a lot recently! But it’s all good. And here is the… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – May 2017 (Month 38)
Christi Himmelfahrt Tour 2017
Despite having toured long distances on my trikes over the last nine years, I have only done one multi-day tour in a Velomobile which was my two day trip to Millingen aan de Rijn in Penelope two summers ago. However, this state of affairs is very much changing within three weeks, starting with a four… Continue reading Christi Himmelfahrt Tour 2017
Six Wheels In Germany – April 2017 (Month 37)
Cycling this month Cycling statistics this month Here is my total for the month – as you can see, not very impressive! And here is where I cycled to this month. A trip to Xanten and Wesel At the beginning of April Klaus and I decided to do our long ride (Strava Gran Fondo) in… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – April 2017 (Month 37)
Six Wheels In Germany – March 2017 (Month 36)
This is Month 36 of my time in Germany. On 31 March 2014 I left the UK for my new life in Germany. The three years have gone really fast! Cycling this month Cycling statistics this month As you see, a better total for March but I am still behind my target of 10,000km for… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – March 2017 (Month 36)
Six Wheels In Germany – February 2017 (Month 35)
A cold and wet February but I managed 447km. A rather paltry total but I did also fly off somewhere warm for a holiday over the end of February which reduced cycling days. Anyway, here is where I rode in February. And here are the individual rides listed. As you can see, I managed a… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – February 2017 (Month 35)
Six Wheels in Germany – January 2017 (Month 34)
Happy New Year to all my readers! Well, the first month of 2017 is now over, and it’s been a somewhat quieter month than usual. This is partly because of some very cold weather that meant I didn’t do much cycling, and also because my riding partner Klaus had the man-flu and was also out… Continue reading Six Wheels in Germany – January 2017 (Month 34)
Six Wheels In Germany – December 2016 (Month 33)
The end of the year! Cycling this month Despite the rather chilly December we have experienced in the Niederrhein region, I did manage almost 900km. And this is where I went this month. You can see the long ride back from Oliebollentocht, which is a separate blog post. And Veloviewer also produced a graphic for… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – December 2016 (Month 33)
Oliebollentocht 2016
Oliebollentocht is an annual gathering of Velomobiles, usually in NL (where most of them are built). It is named after Oliebollen which are Dutch spherical doughnut thingies, similar to Quarkbällchen or Pufferkes in Germany. I heard about Oliebollentocht in the summer and it sounded like it might be interesting, so when a list was started… Continue reading Oliebollentocht 2016
Fitting a Schlumpf Mountain Drive into a Milan Velomobile
The first part of this Blog post was also published in the following post: Six Wheels In Germany – October 2016 but I have added more information below. When I test-rode Millie the Milan Velomobile she had the following gearing: 2 fach Ritzel vorne (2 chainrings front) 64/38 9 fach Ritzel hinten (9 sprockets rear)… Continue reading Fitting a Schlumpf Mountain Drive into a Milan Velomobile
Six Wheels In Germany – November 2016 (Month 32)
A short report for this month (phew, you say!!) Cycling this month Cycling Statistics this month November was not such a good month for cycling for me. This is mostly due to the weather – it was very rainy for several days, and very cold for a couple of weeks, and with my job it… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – November 2016 (Month 32)
Six Wheels In Germany – October 2016 (Month 31)
October was a mixture of warm, sunny weather and definite autumnal/winter days. However, this month’s blog is decidedly not a mixture… it is almost entirely bicycle-related (with just my cake collage at the end) so if velomobiles and trikes aren’t your thing I suggest you give it a miss this month. What can I learn… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – October 2016 (Month 31)
Six Wheels In Germany – September 2016 (Month 30)
cycling this month Cycling statistics this month Last month I increased my year’s cycling target from 10,000km to 12,000km which means I need to do 1000km per month (plus a bit more to make up my slight deficit). I’m glad to say that by the end of October I had made up the deficit so… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – September 2016 (Month 30)
Auntie Helen buys another Velomobile!
Yes, I have done it – I have bought a companion for Penelope. Yes, companion. I am not planning on selling Penelope in the short term as she fulfils a role that her new stablemate, the Milan, cannot. She is an everyday load-carrying workhorse, the Milan is a speedy long-distance rocket. This all seems very… Continue reading Auntie Helen buys another Velomobile!
Six Wheels In Germany – August 2016 (Month 29)
Cycling this month August has been an exceptionally good month for me for cycling mileage – as you can see I’ve done over 1,761km, that’s over 1000 miles. And enjoyed every one of them! Cycling Statistics this month And here is the Wheel with where I have gone (excluding a trip I did near Hannover).… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – August 2016 (Month 29)
Rhein-Maas Tour: Day 6 – Roermond to Kempen
So the last day of the tour had arrived, just as the good weather had finally found us! We had decided not to have breakfast at the B&B and instead, as in the previous two days, get something on the road. We set off at eight in the morning, knowing that it was a relatively… Continue reading Rhein-Maas Tour: Day 6 – Roermond to Kempen