Category: Life in Germany

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)

Cycling Statistics this month This month I cycled a total of 542km, largely commuting/. And this is where I went: Although November was quite cold we also had some bright, clear days when Klaus and I managed to get out for some rides together. Tile-bagging, the final tile! I had set myself a challenge to… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – November 2019 (Month 68)

Cycling Statistics this month October was not a good month for cycling. We had one week when my Mum visited and another week when we were away in Berlin, so all the riding was concentrated into two weeks. This was almost entirely commuting, with just three leisure rides. This is the Veloviewer Wheel for the… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – October 2019 (Month 67)

Cycling this month Last month I rode 1,600km, this month rather less: However, I did use all three of my bikes this month. And this is where I actually cycled to: A bit of a weird-looking map, but you can see there was some riding in the east of England, a ride between Hoek van… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – September 2019 (Month 66)

Cycling this month I’m writing this two days before the end of the month as I will shortly be saying goodbye to my MacBook and heading off in the Velomobile to England. Here is where I cycled during the month of August, including the beginning of the England trip. And here is where I went:… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – August 2019 (Month 65)

Cycling this month Last month was a very good month for cycling as we had our Bodensee tour, but this month wasn’t too shabby either, with a total of 766km cycled. And I went here: As there were some warm days I decided to get Alfie the trike out of storage and ride him a… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – July 2019 (Month 64)

Cycling this month This month has been very successful for cycling as we had our two week Velomobile tour to Bodensee. My total distance cycled this month was 2,300km and that brings the year’s total to 5,500km cycling and 480km walking. And here is where I cycled this month – from the North Sea to… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – June 2019 (Month 63)

The year is almost halfway through already! Shocking! Velomobile stuff Of course and as usual, velomobile riding is an important part of our lives. Here is the list of rides that I have done this month, excluding the ride on 31 May (I am publishing this post on 30 May). That will be in a… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – May 2019 (Month 62)

I ended last month with the cliffhanger… what would happen at my meeting at the Ausländerbehörde (Foreigners Office) with regard to Brexit? Of course, Brexit was delayed from its original date of 29 March 2019, thus meaning that when I arrived for my appointment at the Kreishaus Viersen on 1 April (I had lived exactly… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – April 2019 (Month 61)

I am writing this on 31 March. Until a few days ago I assumed I would no longer be an EU citizen on this date. But, hurrah, that is not the case! Tomorrow is my visit to the Ausländerbehörde, the Foreigners Office, in Viersen; hopefully there I will be able to get some kind of… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – March 2019 (Month 60)

Welcome to my February blog – the last before Brexit (or so it seems, we are not quite sure!) As usual, there’s been some cycling, and in fact February was much more successful than January in terms of riding distance, helped by the fact we had some cracking weather!! In total in February I rode… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – February 2019 (Month 59)

January isn’t generally a particularly high-mileage month, and this year was the same – also as I had the lurgy twice during that time, which included an entire week off work/no cycling. However, I managed to cycle to work every day that I worked, including a couple of very snowy days where it was a… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – January 2019 (Month 58)

Cycling this month This month has been a low cycling month due to a visit to the UK and also rather chilly weather! And here is where I actually rode: My total distance for the year was 7,522km and you can see below how it was divided up. There have been some good rides this… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – December 2018 (Month 57)

Cycling this month I have continued with my rather low mileage… this will not be a great year for distance, but there are reasons behind that and I am no longer chasing kilometres. Almost all my rides this month were commutes. However there were a few other rides to stretch my legs a little. Mini… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – November 2018 (Month 56)

Oh look, the title of this post has changed again! We are no longer in 13 Wheels but are now down to 9 wheels. This is because Humphrey has left us and gone for a new life in Düsseldorf. But first, here is where I cycled this month: And these are the distances I rode,… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – October 2018 (Month 55)

Cycling this month. This year continues with Klaus doing mega kilometres (he’s now on just about 11.000) and me doing significantly fewer. My total for September was 352km and was almost all commutes except for a couple of longer rides. I used Humphrey for my work commute twice too, because of bad weather/need for large… Continue reading Thirteen Wheels in Germany – September 2018 (Month 54)

Cycling this month This month I cycled less than I might have expected for a summer month, but I am happy to ride just when I feel like it and not overdo it. Klaus is doing loads of riding as it makes him feel good, but I am taking it a bit more easily, as… Continue reading Thirteen Wheels in Germany – August 2018 (Month 53)

The observant among you may have spotted that the title of this month’s report is a little different… More about that later! Cycling this month July was a good month for cycling, despite Germany sweltering under mega temperatures. I think we were above 30 degrees for almost every day of the month, and I saw… Continue reading Thirteen Wheels in Germany – July 2018 (Month 52)