Berlin to London by recumbent trike To sponsor me click here Click here to see a track of my full route as I rode it: Auntie Helen’s Berlin to London track Report from Day 1: Home to Harwich (27 April 2012) Report from Day 2: Hoek van Holland to Düsseldorf by train (28 April 2012)… Continue reading Berlin to London
Category: Cycle Tours
Kreuzberger Kiez-Welten – The Hidden Side of Kreuzberg – cycling in Berlin
Kreuzberger Kiez-Welten (The hidden side of Kreuzberg) This tour leaves Potsdamer Platz and goes through Kreuzberg via Tempelhof airport, then along to the East Side Gallery at the Ostbahnhof – this is a gallery of paintings on the former Wall. It’s about 12 miles. The GPS file shown above is in reverse for some unknown… Continue reading Kreuzberger Kiez-Welten – The Hidden Side of Kreuzberg – cycling in Berlin
Die Berliner Mauer (The Berlin Wall) Cycle Ride – Part 2
Die Berliner Mauer (the Berlin Wall) Today was my opportunity to finish the Berlin Wall route that I started on Saturday. As a recap, this is a map of the location of where the Berlin Wall used to be: As I discovered when doing Part 1, it is NOT the route of the Berliner Mauerweg… Continue reading Die Berliner Mauer (The Berlin Wall) Cycle Ride – Part 2
Osten Ungeschminkt – The Naked East, Berlin, Cycle Ride
Osten Ungeschminkt (my translation of this is something like “The Unvarnished East”, however Olaf Storbeck who knows rather more German than me suggests “the naked East”. This is another of the routes in my “Berlin Erfahren” book, 22.4km and the book suggests you need 4 hours for it. At under 6km per hour average speed… Continue reading Osten Ungeschminkt – The Naked East, Berlin, Cycle Ride
Grunewaldrunde – Around the Berlin Grunewald Cycle Ride
Today was Sunday. As I had travelled to Berlin with a minister in the United Reformed Church, I suggested he might like to come along to a church service. He’d never been to one in Germany before so was interested, but wasn’t daring enough to go on his own. I said I’d keep him company,… Continue reading Grunewaldrunde – Around the Berlin Grunewald Cycle Ride
Die Berliner Mauer (The Berlin Wall) Cycle Ride – Part 1
Today was the day I was going to start my Berlin Wall circumnavigation. The Wall is a shade over 100 miles and, knowing how slow city cycling can be, I decided to split it into two. I had wondered about making it a three day tour but I felt that would take up rather a… Continue reading Die Berliner Mauer (The Berlin Wall) Cycle Ride – Part 1
Ein Überblick von West nach Ost – Berlin from West to East cycle ride
An Overview from West to East This is a route from the “Berlin Erfahren (auf dem Rad durch die Hauptstadt)” book and the map above is the GPS track which I decided to follow this afternoon. Firstly, however, I decided not to go to the very start (Zoo station) as I had been there this… Continue reading Ein Überblick von West nach Ost – Berlin from West to East cycle ride
Tea and Scones in Schöneberg, Berlin, cycle ride
This morning was my chance to catch up with a good friend, Ines, who lives in Berlin. She is going on holiday tomorrow but suggested we meet for a cup of tea at a nice tea room she knew about in Schöneberg, so I put the address in my Garmin and set off. After less… Continue reading Tea and Scones in Schöneberg, Berlin, cycle ride
Spandau and the Olympiastadion – cycling in Berlin
Plan for this afternoon was to visit Spandau. The main reason was to go to the Deutsche Bank there (where I have an account) to pay in some money and to try to get them to stop posting me statements (and charging me for them!), but I also fancied a visit out to the west… Continue reading Spandau and the Olympiastadion – cycling in Berlin
Tempelhof Airport by trike – cycling in Berlin
This morning I decided to do something recommended to me on Facebook last night – to cycle round Tempelhof airport. I wasn’t actually aware this is something you could do, but it certainly sounded interesting. My father visited Tempelhof by light plane a couple of years ago and clearly found it fascinating. The planes are… Continue reading Tempelhof Airport by trike – cycling in Berlin
From Great Bromley to the Brandenburg Gate (by car and trike)
The tour begins… It was time to fold Alfie up as small as possible so that I could actually fit some luggage in the car as well. I removed the mirrors, bottle cage, slid the boom in as far as possible and twisted it on its side so that the chainrings were protected. You’d have… Continue reading From Great Bromley to the Brandenburg Gate (by car and trike)
Preparations for Berlin 2011…
Preparations are beginning for the trip. I’ve borrowed my Dad’s company car as it’s nice and big. I tested putting the trike in… Oh dear, there’s not much room for luggage for three people… Fortunately we have some space on the back seats as well… So we’ll be off Tuesday late afternoon, thr beginning of… Continue reading Preparations for Berlin 2011…
I’m off to Berlin!
Berlin is my favourite city and I love visiting it. However, it’s a long old drive so I usually fly (without bike). When driving home from Koblenz after my Main River tour in June I decided it would be great to have the chance to cycle in Berlin and that I’d organise something. A friend… Continue reading I’m off to Berlin!
B2B Day 11 – Eltville to Spay
Day 11 – Eltville to Spay This was our last cycling day! It was also the furthest distance in terms of cycling mileage but 31 of the 44 miles were familiar to us – I’d cycled that way three times before, James twice, so it felt like it wasn’t so far. The breakfast at hotel… Continue reading B2B Day 11 – Eltville to Spay
B2B Day 10 – Obernburg to Eltville am Rhein
Day 10 – Obernburg to Eltville am Rhein Stage 1: Obernburg to Steinheim Stage 2: Wiesbaden to Eltville I slept really well last night, despite the fact our hotel room didn’t have any curtains or blinds, although James slept less well. After a reasonable breakfast (but with no hot food, not even an egg!) we… Continue reading B2B Day 10 – Obernburg to Eltville am Rhein
B2B Day 9 – Wertheim to Obernburg
Day 9 – Wertheim to Obernburg This morning the weather looked rather changeable – blue skies, then five minutes later heavy clouds, then a few minutes later blue skies again. I imagine we will get wet on our 36 mile cycle ride today to Obernburg. We had breakfast which was very good – croissants were… Continue reading B2B Day 9 – Wertheim to Obernburg
B2B Day 8 – Gemünden to Wertheim
Day 8 – Gemünden to Wertheim I woke up this morning a whole decade older. Scary! As James had pointed out, if I had celebrated my birthday in England I could have had an extra hour in my thirties! I checked my emails – lots of birthday messages, thanks to everyone. James joined me downstairs… Continue reading B2B Day 8 – Gemünden to Wertheim
B2B Day 7 – Ochsenfurt to Gemünden
Day 7 – Ochsenfurt to Gemünden We both slept well and woke up ready for our breakfasts. Today’s hotel had a somewhat different breakfast arrangement, with the usual buffet choice narrowed a bit and delivered to our table. No cereal or muesli available, just rolls with ham, cheese and preserves, followed by a yoghurt. We… Continue reading B2B Day 7 – Ochsenfurt to Gemünden
B2B Day 6 – Volkach to Ochsenfurt
Day 6 – Volkach to Ochsenfurt I slept really well in the hotel and felt most refreshed when waking up. We listened to The Today Programme on Radio 4 as we got ready and went down to breakfast at 8:15. It was the least varied breakfast we’ve had so far but was still perfectly adequate… Continue reading B2B Day 6 – Volkach to Ochsenfurt
B2B Day 5 – Eltmann to Volkach
Day 5 – Eltmann to Volkach We had our breakfast at 8:00am this morning, sitting at the table which was marked “Die fleißige Radler” which we clearly are! There was only one other person at breakfast and no other tables laid so I assume the hotel was rather underpopulated; this was perhaps reflected in the… Continue reading B2B Day 5 – Eltmann to Volkach