Tuesday 8 September 2015 This was our track for today’s ride. The forecast today was a bit of drizzle at 11am and after that sunshine. Sadly the forecast was mistaken and we had drizzle and cloudy skies all day – didn’t really see the sun at all! But that is getting ahead of this report…… Continue reading Ruhrtal Tour – Day 3: Arnsberg to Hattingen
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Ruhrtal Tour – Day 2: Winterberg to Arnsberg
Monday 7 September 2015 After a good night’s sleep we woke up to a rather rainy view. The breakfast was good and we were on our way by 9:30am, dressed in our waterproofs. Well, James had normal trousers on but I had gone full waterproofs due to the forecast of a day of rain. The… Continue reading Ruhrtal Tour – Day 2: Winterberg to Arnsberg
Ruhrtal Tour – Day 1: Journey to Winterberg
Sunday 6 September 2015 It’s a long time since the SPEZI Tour, which finished on 1st May, and as James planned to visit me for a couple of weeks we thought it would be nice to do a short tour together – and the Ruhr valley seemed like a good option as the Ruhr flows… Continue reading Ruhrtal Tour – Day 1: Journey to Winterberg
Six Wheels In Germany – Month 17 Part 2
This report had so many photographs that it was best to split it into two. For the first part of this report please click here. Continued… The next day (Sunday) I was flying back to Amsterdam but we had a fair bit of time in the morning so walked along the front at Teignmouth. There… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – Month 17 Part 2
Six Wheels In Germany – Month 17 Part 1
August 2015 This report had so many photographs that it didn’t display well on tablet computers so I have divided it into two posts. For the second half click here. Cycling this month August ended up with a pretty good total considering I had a couple of weekends when I wasn’t able to ride. Here… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – Month 17 Part 1
Six Wheels In Germany – Month 16
July 2015 Cycling this month Cycling Statistics for July 2015 Cycle rides this month At the tail end of June and the beginning of July Claudia was off work and Lara was at a holiday club so we had several hours each day for cycling – and used the time well! 1 July – ride… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – Month 16
Six Wheels In Germany – Month 15
June 2015 Cycling Statistics This Month Here’s a map of all my rides this month. And here are the statistics. Rides this month Alfie goes to Kleve I had long nurtured a plan to cycle to Kleve (where Anne of Cleves, one of the wives of Henry the Eighth, came from). One weekday the weather… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – Month 15
Steintrikes Wild One – Changing The Front Wheels
Klaus, with whom I regularly cycle, has a Steintrikes Wild One trike from Bike Revolution in Austria. To read Klaus’s report on his wheel change, written some months after the event, you can go here (as long as you can read German): http://3-rad.blogspot.de/2015/05/km-11214-austausch-der-vorderrader.html The Steintrikes is available in lots of different formats including a 26… Continue reading Steintrikes Wild One – Changing The Front Wheels
Six Wheels In Germany – Month 14
May 2015 Cycling this month The first day of this month was the last day of the bike tour (was it really so long ago??!!) so the tracks start in Hitdorf near Leverkusen. And here is the report of all the rides I have done. My main challenge this month was visiting all the windmills… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – Month 14
Windmills and Watermills in Kreis Viersen
After completing my challenge of visiting all the churches in Kreis Viersen it was time for another challenge – this time all the windmills (old ones, not new wind turbines) and watermills in Kreis Viersen. Fortunately there are rather fewer than the 98 churches – I was able to find 26 mills in total although… Continue reading Windmills and Watermills in Kreis Viersen
Churches in Kreis Viersen 91-98
This is the tenth and final batch of church visits that I’ve blogged about. You can read about 1-10, 11-20, 21-30, 31-40, 41-50, 51-60, 61-70 and 71-80 and Churches in Kreis Viersen 81-90 as well. Churches visited this time 91. Hoffnungskirche, Schiefbahn 92. Kloster Mülhausen 93. St Peter und Paul, Leutherheide 94. Sankt Laurentius, Elmpt… Continue reading Churches in Kreis Viersen 91-98
Six Wheels in Germany – Month 13
April 2015 I have now lived a complete year in Germany, enjoying all the seasons and experiencing life in a different country as a resident. And now it starts all over again! Cycling Statistics This Month This month I did the SPEZI tour so did rather more cycling than the last few months. You can… Continue reading Six Wheels in Germany – Month 13
SPEZI 12 – Hitdorf to Kempen
Friday 1 May 2015 Today’s route was originally planned to go through Düsseldorf but we realised before the tour started that 1st May (a bank holiday) through the Düsseldorf Altstadt would be a recipe for disaster in terms of dodging pedestrians and other cyclists, so we’d work out a different route home when the time… Continue reading SPEZI 12 – Hitdorf to Kempen
SPEZI 11 – Bad Honnef to Hitdorf
Thursday 30 April 2015 Today’s track was 73km and the forecast was rain for most of the day but after a good breakfast (Klaus seemed to have avoided a post-wine headache) the view outside was rather good – dry! The landlady had tales to tell about the vines and the special rock of Drachenfels from… Continue reading SPEZI 11 – Bad Honnef to Hitdorf
SPEZI 10 – Spay to Bad Honnef
Wednesday 29 April 2015 I do like the hotel Alter Posthof and their breakfasts are very good. I was first down to breakfast and then Simon and Joyce arrived. We had some cereal (and discovered the milk was a bit off when it curdled in our tea) and then Klaus arrived. He requested scrambled eggs… Continue reading SPEZI 10 – Spay to Bad Honnef
SPEZI 9 – Eltville to Spay
Tuesday 28 April 2015 The Hotel Alta Villa in Eltville is very nice indeed and the staff are most friendly – but unfortunately if your room is on the side of the railway you may not have a very good night’s sleep. The trains run throughout the night and can be very noisy! So when… Continue reading SPEZI 9 – Eltville to Spay
SPEZI 8 – Worms to Eltville
Monday 27 April 2015 This is a map of where we should have been going today… However we ended up doing a rather different route: We went down to breakfast and there was a very good spread. Being a Brit I enjoyed some cereal Followed by some hearty items to give me energy for the… Continue reading SPEZI 8 – Worms to Eltville
SPEZI 7 – Speyer to Worms
Sunday 26 April 2015 So now it’s halfway through the tour, I thought I’d do a summary of the mechanical issues we have experienced with our four trikes (three ICE trikes, one Steintrikes). 1. Dodgy valve on one of Joyce’s tyres which means it very slowly deflated. Tube changed. 2. My front chainring bar-end friction… Continue reading SPEZI 7 – Speyer to Worms
SPEZI 6 – Speyer to Germersheim, SPEZI Radmesse
Saturday 25 April 2015 Today was the day for the supposed purpose of this trip – the SPEZI Radmesse – although of course that was just an excuse for a nice bike tour! Joyce and Simon and I met for breakfast and it was very pleasant with a good selection and a very tasty fruit… Continue reading SPEZI 6 – Speyer to Germersheim, SPEZI Radmesse
SPEZI 5 – Nierstein to Speyer
Friday 24 April 2015 Today we were heading from Nierstein to Speyer which would involve cycling past Ludwigshafen/Mannheim and waving goodbye to Klaus who would head off north-east of Mannheim. I had a better night’s sleep, fortunately, so felt much more energetic for the day. After an excellent breakfast we got our trikes ready to… Continue reading SPEZI 5 – Nierstein to Speyer