Category: Life in Germany

So 2017 is at an end! This is a little something I wrote over the New Year 2017/2018: I’m not the sort of person who looks back the whole time and lives on memories. Generally I feel happy with all my life choices so far and I appreciate the wonderful times I have had with… Continue reading Six Wheels in Germany – December 2017 (Month 45)

Cycling this month Another low mileage month. In fact, it looks highly unlikely that I will reach my year’s target of 8000km and so will be the lowest year’s cycling total since I started recumbenteering ten years ago. But do you know what? I don’t mind. This year has been massively different in my life… Continue reading Six Wheels in Germany – November 2017 (Month 44)

Cycling this month October was better than September but still nothing to write home about in terms of distance! The weather was a bit better on a few occasions so I had a chance for a couple of longer rides. One Sunday morning I went for a ride with Klaus and we planned to meet… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – October 2017 (Month 43)

This month has been appalling for cycling – I have managed just 33km, which is four commutes by bike. This is firstly because the weather was less good, I spent some time in the UK, we had our new kitchen fitted so much less spare time (we had to prepare everything) and also I had… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – September 2017 (Month 42)

Cycling this month Here are the statistics for my rides this month. Not included is my work commute on 30 August but I had to write this blog before then – that gives me another 8.2km. Notice I have not ridden Penelope once this month! Klaus is now way ahead of me for his riding… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – August 2017 (Month 41)

Cycling this month This month I didn’t cycle as much as normal, whereas Klaus had a very impressive month’s total 1533.83km. As you can see from the screenshot of my rides below, I only managed 733.32! And this is where I rode: Local velomobile meet There are more and more Velomobiles making their home in… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – July 2017 (Month 40)

Cycling this month Cycling Statistics this month This month was one of my highest distance months ever ridden: And here is where I went – from the Netherlands to Poland and back via Berlin. This is of course my tour Kempen-Usedom-Berlin-Kempen, for which I wrote a blog post every day. If you haven’t seen it… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – June 2017 (Month 39)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)