Category: Life in Germany

Activities this month Running I first started running in July 2020, on July 27 to be specific. This was the Couch to 5k programme and I had no idea if I would complete it – I didn’t know if running would be for me. Turns out I got on well with the Couch to 5k… Continue reading Six Wheels in Germany – July 2021 (Month 88)

The observant among you may have noticed that the title of this blog post has changed. No, I haven’t permanently moved to Austria, nor sold my Velomobile or my trike, but it seems that 95% of this blog is about our holiday in Austria (which included trike) so I thought it was fair to change… Continue reading Three Wheels in Austria – June 2021 (Month 87)

Activities this month This has been a rather active month for various reasons which I will go into below. But on the sport side, I reached one milestone: This was 100 runs since I started, with 360km run in total. And then two days later I did my best ever 5k run with a time… Continue reading Six Wheels in Germany – May 2021 (Month 86)

Activities this month This month continued with activities on most days. I run every two days, for 30 minutes or more, with a rest day in between. I cycle to work in the velomobile and Klaus and I have also done a couple of trike rides. Here is the Wheel to show you where I… Continue reading Six Wheels in Germany – April 2021 (Month 85)

Welcome to spring! I am starting to write this blog on Monday 29 March as I have a day off work (the last of my Christmas holidays that I was unable to take). The sun is shining, the birds are singing, we have some daffodils on the table in the lounge and Klaus is working… Continue reading Six Wheels in Germany – March 2021 (Month 84)

Hello everyone! I’m writing this on the last day of February with the windows open and the sun shining in. The dog is basking in a patch of sunlight and Klaus and his daughter Lara are chatting whilst I sort out my photos for this blog. A relaxing Sunday and hopefully the start of spring.… Continue reading Six Wheels in Germany – February 2021 (Month 83)

Well hello everyone. We have survived January – and this will be a short blog post as basically nothing has really happened. Germany is in lockdown which means you can only meet one person from another household – that is Klaus’s daughter Lara. Apart from seeing her, we are staying at home or going out… Continue reading Six Wheels in Germany – January 2021 (Month 82)

Happy New Year! I would like to wish all my readers a happy new year 2021. For those of you who comment or send me messages through the Blog, I really appreciate it. It’s good to know that people are reading and what they find interesting. But before we get stuck into 2021 which will… Continue reading Six Wheels in Germany – December 2020 (Month 81)

More Good News! Last month I started my blog with the great news that I had passed the German exam required for my citizenship. Well, I have even better news this month! It started with an Email from the Ausländerbehörde: For those who don’t understand German… “Your citizenship certificate is available!” Yes, I have been… Continue reading Six Wheels in Germany – November 2020 (Month 80)

Good News! I will start my blog with some great news (for me at least). The results of my German exam for my citizenship application: I passed my German exam! And I passed well too, with 18 out of a possible 20 score (pass mark is 12, but you have to get at least a… Continue reading Six Wheels in Germany – October 2020 (Month 79)

In September we had a mixture of fairly warm weather and also some very chilly days. My cycling distances are generally down this year – not particularly because of Covid but more I suppose because I have achieved a lot of my cycling goals and I don’t want to overdo it! Cycling this month Most… Continue reading Six Wheels in Germany – September 2020 (Month 78)

August was a month of really warm weather which shifted into rather autumnal temperatures at the end of the month. But there were plenty of opportunities for cake this month, as you will see. Cycling this month Here is where I went: As you can probably see, there were only two long rides in the… Continue reading Six Wheels in Germany – August 2020 (Month 77)

I’ve had a very low mileage month, pretty much only commuting. And here is the Wheel which shows where I have been – a small green blob around Kempen and a tiny blob near Munich. Klaus has been out riding Malcolm the Sprint X in the evenings and has taken some lovely photos. One good… Continue reading Six Wheels in Germany – July 2020 (Month 76)

Don’t miss my reports on our Kylltal and Mosel Trike Tour this month! Cycling this month Here is where I cycled this month: Here are my cycling statistics for this month. As you see from the top of this post, we did a bike tour early in June. But first of all we had to… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – June 2020 (Month 75)

Cycling this month Here are my cycling statistics for this month. You can see the last ride in May was on the trike. More about that later! And here is where I rode this month Tile-bagging at Düsseldorf Airport It has to be said, Düsseldorf Airport doesn’t seem like the optimal destination for a cycle… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – May 2020 (Month 74)

Corona continues. It hasn’t affected me closely (a relative in the UK has had it but recovered), but of course the lockdown and other effects are making a difference to all our lives. I am still working normal hours but as I share a smallish office with another colleague we are staggering our work hours… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – April 2020 (Month 73)

Life in the time of Coronavirus So here we are, in the time of Coronavirus when we are meant to stay at home as much as possible. I am writing this on 9 April (so rather later than normal for a March report) and like most of you I am following the news throughout the… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – March 2020 (Month 72)

February was a bit of a dull month and we didn’t manage too much cycling. As you can see from the Wheel above, I was mostly commuting, although as there were some rainy windy days I used a car occasionally. On one of the very windy days I got a bit concerned about Millie blowing… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – February 2020 (Month 71)

A new year and the end of my EU membership So a New Year has begun. I hope you all had a good and healthy start to 2020. As January is a cold and grey month I didn’t do much velomobile riding. And this is where I went: As you can see from the Wheel… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – January 2020 (Month 70)

The end of 2019! 2019 has been a good year, and as you can see my cycling total for the year isn’t tooooo shabby: I also did quite a bit of walking after getting my Garmin Vivoactive 3 smartwatch: And I am particularly proud that I managed to hit my Steps goal 103 days in… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – December 2019 (Month 69)