Kylltal & Mosel Day 7: Koblenz to Cochem

This was the last day of our tour and would be the shortest at around 45km. We breakfasted and then made ourselves ready. Once again we left for our morning’s ride around 9am – we have been very consistent about this! I was relieved to find that my motor did indeed work this morning, that… Continue reading Kylltal & Mosel Day 7: Koblenz to Cochem

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Kylltal & Mosel Day 6: Cochem to Koblenz

Today we would be back on the road again, but a shorter day than the previous ones at around 60km in total. But first we took the opportunity to offload some more unnecessary items to the car at Cochem Long Term Parking. I made a last-minute decision to keep my rain jacket as the weather… Continue reading Kylltal & Mosel Day 6: Cochem to Koblenz

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Kylltal & Mosel Day 5: Cochem

We both slept really well, starting to recover from a few difficult weeks at work. It is good to feel rested again! Yesterday the WiFi was being tricky (we had to use a phone hotspot) so I didn‘t manage to include some photos that Klaus took of Cochem, but here they are now. We had… Continue reading Kylltal & Mosel Day 5: Cochem

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Kylltal & Mosel Day 4: Bernkastel-Kues to Cochem

We woke to rather grey skies with misty hills in the distance – perhaps w would have a wet cycle ride today. Here is a picture from my bedside table – charging station for phone, iPad Mini, Garmins etc, and some biscuits that Klaus bought yesterday. They worked well dunked in tea first thing in… Continue reading Kylltal & Mosel Day 4: Bernkastel-Kues to Cochem

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Kylltal & Mosel Day 3: Trier to Bernkastel-Kues

We woke up a bit early – this is the disadvantage of a hotel in a city next to a supermarket. The deliveries for the supermarket come early and there is lots of banging and crashing of trolleys etc. But it was OK as we had had a fairly early night. Breakfast was at 7:30… Continue reading Kylltal & Mosel Day 3: Trier to Bernkastel-Kues

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Kylltal & Mosel Day 2: Gerolstein to Trier

We slept very well and then went down at 8am to a very good breakfast – served at our table rather than buffet-style due to Covid-19. However, they needed to give us a larger table really! We unlocked the bikes and then put all our luggage on. This was the first real opportunity to check… Continue reading Kylltal & Mosel Day 2: Gerolstein to Trier

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Kylltal & Mosel Day 1: Kempen to Gerolstein

One week ago Klaus bought a new trike. Today we set off for a cycle tour with this trike (and mine). Klaus had yesterday off work and he spent some of the time doing a bit of trike maintenance, such as fitting a holder for his Garmin GPS, fitting bar tape onto his handlebars to… Continue reading Kylltal & Mosel Day 1: Kempen to Gerolstein

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Oliebollentocht 2019

Photo by De Fietsende Fotograaf, Utrecht

28th December 2019 was Klaus and my fourth Oliebollentocht, a post-Christmas cycle ride for Velomobiles in the Netherlands that ends with Oliebollen (a kind of doughnut). This year the event was taking place in Utrecht and over 160 velomobiles had registered. We were lucky that chum Ralf had agreed to take us up there with… Continue reading Oliebollentocht 2019

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Bodensee 2019 Day 15: Drachenfels to Kempen

The last day of the tour! I woke at 5:30am and read the internet until it was time to get up. We were ready by 7:30am and hoped that breakfast would be served, but there was no sign of it so we sat outside and waited for half an hour. The bikes were fine after… Continue reading Bodensee 2019 Day 15: Drachenfels to Kempen

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Bodensee 2019 Day 14: Bacharach to Drachenfels

Despite the heat last night we slept well. It was very quiet up the valley out of Bacharach. Breakfast would be served at 8 so we decided to get ourselves completely ready and cycle down to breakfast (in the hotel in Bacharach) and to head off on the road after breakfast without returning to the… Continue reading Bodensee 2019 Day 14: Bacharach to Drachenfels

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Bodensee 2019 Day 12: Gündelbach to Viernheim

We were so tired last night that we went to bed at 8:30pm. Our cunning plan to leave really early this morning was foiled by the fact we woke up first at 6:30am. More than nine hours’ sleep each was very refreshing! Despite waking a bit later than planned, we were still ready to head… Continue reading Bodensee 2019 Day 12: Gündelbach to Viernheim

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Bodensee 2019 Day 11: Eislingen to Gündelbach

Our plan was to leave early this morning to try to beat the worst of the hot weather, and this was pretty successful as we breakfasted at 06:30 and were out of the door by 07:10. However we had the traditional 10 minutes’ explanation about velomobiles to some of the other hotel guests who were… Continue reading Bodensee 2019 Day 11: Eislingen to Gündelbach

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Bodensee 2019 Day 10: Bad Buchau to Eislingen

Monday morning, but today I didn’t have to get up at 5:30am to go to work… but I got up at 5:30am so we could get on the road early. We were ready to leave by 7am and as the Ferienwohnung didn’t offer breakfast we knew we would just pick something up on the way.… Continue reading Bodensee 2019 Day 10: Bad Buchau to Eislingen

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Bodensee 2019 Day 9: Tettnang to Bad Buchau

Our Sunday morning started in a very relaxed manner, with breakfast on the balcony. Last night we had bats whizzing around whilst we sat on the balcony which was lovely. Tim suggested we left all the washing up and clearing up for him to do later, which was very kind! We aren’t very good guests… Continue reading Bodensee 2019 Day 9: Tettnang to Bad Buchau

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Bodensee 2019 Day 8: Konstanz to Tettnang

After a good night’s sleep, it was time for the household of velomobilists (6 of us) to have breakfast, and once again Anna had prepared a great spread! Before setting off we did a few bits of bike maintenance. I pumped up Millie’s tyres (as I had guessed, they had reduced from 110psi to about… Continue reading Bodensee 2019 Day 8: Konstanz to Tettnang

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Bodensee 2019 Day 7: Koblenz (CH) to Konstanz

We have been on tour for nearly a week now! And today we reached Bodensee, the official goal of our tour! Here is our track for today. We enjoyed a full breakfast with Jos and Marian. We are very grateful for their hospitality and hope we can return it some day. We then set off… Continue reading Bodensee 2019 Day 7: Koblenz (CH) to Konstanz

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Bodensee 2019 Day 6: Bamlach to Koblenz (CH)

Despite having been on tour for nearly a week, my sleeping schedule has not changed so I still am ready for bed at 9pm and wake up at 5:30am. Today when I looked out of the window horribly early I noticed that it had been raining last night – quite a lot in fact! So… Continue reading Bodensee 2019 Day 6: Bamlach to Koblenz (CH)

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Bodensee 2019 Day 5: Appenweier to Bamlach

Day 5 of our tour and we have already got in the groove and it feels like we have been on the road for longer. Today was forecasted to be even hotter than yesterday, and this is not ideal for Klaus, so we decided to set off very early and get the majority of the… Continue reading Bodensee 2019 Day 5: Appenweier to Bamlach

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