March 2015 Cycling Statistics This Month Here is the summary of rides I did this month – as you can see, not very many, only 224km! And this is where I rode – not very far afield at all! As mentioned in last month’s blog post I was hit rather badly with the flu in… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – Month 12
Author: Auntie Helen
Churches in Kreis Viersen 71-80
This is the eighth batch of church visits that I’ve blogged about. It’s been a while since I’ve added to this as I’ve mostly been riding in the dark (to my choir or language course) which has meant it’s tricky to take photographs but I did visit a few churches over the winter months and… Continue reading Churches in Kreis Viersen 71-80
Six Wheels In Germany – Month 11
My original plan was to spend a year in Germany – what I good thing I decided to extend that a long time ago as a year would have been nowhere near long enough! February has been a bit of an odd month as will be explained below. But the first hint can be gathered… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – Month 11
Penelope gets a makeover
It’s been a little while since I’ve written about Penelope but that is partly because she has been a bit of a ‘work in progress’. I mentioned in some of my earlier blog posts that she had sustained some damage from two accidents when friends were riding her (they each rolled her onto her side… Continue reading Penelope gets a makeover
Six Wheels In Germany – Month 10
January 2015 Cycling statistics for this month January was fairly snowy in Germany with lots of strong winds as well. Despite the weather, being on three wheels meant I was still able to ride 844.29km which was pretty good. Here is the list of my rides. And this is a map of all the rides… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – Month 10
Six Wheels In Germany – Month 9
December 2014 So 2014 is at an end – a year of great change (moving countries) but a brilliant year overall. Cycling statistics this month Here are my figures for December’s cycling – a nice gentle month at 465km (I had almost two weeks off due to visiting the UK and then having family over… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – Month 9
Six Wheels In Germany – Month 8
November 2014 Cycling Statistics for this month This month I passed two reasonable milestones – the first was 9000km for the year (target is 10,000 so I was ahead) and the second was 80,000km since I took up recumbent tricyling six years ago. And, as you can see from the information below, I’m only 261km… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – Month 8
Six Wheels In Germany – Month 7
October 2014 Cycling this month This month I missed my target of 1000km by less than 1km. This was because I had two days off the bike feeling slightly under the weather and didn’t have a chance to make up the rides as it was at the end of the month because I thought the… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – Month 7
Alfie rides the Sauerlandradring
A month ago I cycled the Vennbahnradweg from Aachen towards Luxembourg with Klaus, fellow recumbent triking chum here in Germany. We enjoyed our 162.5km on a disused railway line so much that Klaus did some more investigating as to other suitable Bahnradwege near here that we could try. And he discovered the Sauerlandradring. This is… Continue reading Alfie rides the Sauerlandradring
Six Wheels In Germany – Month 6
September 2014 So the month of September has drawn to a close and my ‘year in Germany’ is halfway through. Except that it will come as no surprise to my regular readers that I’m having such fun I am planning to stay an additional six months – to have Summer 2015 in Germany as well.… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – Month 6
Churches in Kreis Viersen 61-70
This is the seventh batch of church visits that I’ve blogged about. You can read about 1-10, 11-20, 21-30, 31-40, 41-50 and 51-60 as well. Churches visited this time 61. Neuapostolische Kirche, Willich 62. Auferstehungskirche, Willich 63. St Michael, Waldniel 64. Kapelle St Maria an der Heiden, Overhetfeld 65. St Martin, Oberkrüchten 66. St Sebastian,… Continue reading Churches in Kreis Viersen 61-70
Alfie rides the Vennbahnradweg
Sunday 14 September 2014 Today was a ride with a difference – 100 miles (162km) along a former railway track that linked Aachen with Luxembourg and travelled over the Hohes Venn in Belgium, also part of the Eifel region. I hadn’t heard about this route before but cycling chum Klaus mentioned it several weeks ago,… Continue reading Alfie rides the Vennbahnradweg
Alfie does the Ruhrpott Tour 2014
Saturday 6 September 2014 A week ago I received an email from cycling chum Hartmut asking if I wanted to come on the Ruhrpott Tour. I didn’t know anything about it but he sent me a link to their website – http://www.ruhrpott-tour.de/ – which gave more information. This is a charity event to raise money… Continue reading Alfie does the Ruhrpott Tour 2014
Six Wheels in Germany – Month 5
Cycling statistics for August 2014 This month I have cycled 1,242.74 km at an average speed of 17.9 km/h. Of that, Alfie did 721.44km and Penelope 521.30 (which tells you that we had some warm days in August). Here’s a map of my cycling routes in Kreis Viersen (plus the trip by car to the… Continue reading Six Wheels in Germany – Month 5
Helping at HBK Audax Control
Last year I found myself helping out with the control (obligatory stop) on the London Edinburgh London Audax (long-distance cycling event). You can read all about that here. Because I enjoyed it so much, when I heard that there was a similar (but longer) event taking place in Germany that went through Köln, just an… Continue reading Helping at HBK Audax Control
4 Rides, 3 Countries, 400 kilometres
Rather than writing a separate blog post for the four notable rides I’ve done this week, I thought I’d combine them all into one. 1. Tour des Monats im Kreis Viersen August 2. All the Bahnradwege of Kreis Viersen with Klaus 3. Venlo with Poppy in the basket 4. 3 Countries 2 Velomobiles It’s been… Continue reading 4 Rides, 3 Countries, 400 kilometres
Six Wheels in Germany – Month 4
Report from July 2014 New blog feature – a Google Translate button here —-> This gives non English speakers the chance to have a really good laugh about how Google translates my words into their language. More languages can be added if you wish to request them (I am trying to keep the list shorter… Continue reading Six Wheels in Germany – Month 4
Churches in Kreis Viersen: 51-60
This is the sixth batch of church visits that I’ve blogged about. You can read about 1-10, 11-20, 21-30, 31-40 and 41-50 as well. Churches visited this time 51. Wegekapelle Lind, Boisheim-Lind 52. St Peter, Viersen-Boisheim 53. St Gertrud, Dilkrath 54. Johanneskapelle, Dilkrath 55. St Jakobus, Lüttelforst 56. St Heinrich, Mülhausen 57. Johanneskapelle, Nettetal 58.… Continue reading Churches in Kreis Viersen: 51-60
The Potato Peeling Championships
Readers of my blog will remember that I had to import a potato peeler from the UK (courtesy of friend Olaf who was passing through my corner of Germany on his bike). This is because the German potato peelers just don’t work for me. My landlady Gudula didn’t believe my peeler was as good as… Continue reading The Potato Peeling Championships
Alfie does the Tour des Monats im Kreis Viersen
Each month the ADFC (German cycling organisation) hold a ride called the ‘Tour des Monats in Kreis Viersen’ which is a leisurely ride of around 35km. I did this ride two months ago (last month I was in England) and really enjoyed it. This month’s ride also sounded rather interesting, although we ended up doing… Continue reading Alfie does the Tour des Monats im Kreis Viersen