Category: Cycle Tours

Today my ride was going to be a bit different – in that it would involve a train! Last night I located the Hauptbahnhof and bought my tickets so that everything was ready. It took me ages to work out which ticket I needed but eventually plumped for a 4,50€ ticket for me and a… Continue reading Wuppertal Schwebebahn – Düsseldorf

This morning’s trip was a shortish one, a little circuit over the Rhein using the ferry at Zons again. This time I followed a different route in Neuss and arrived at the ferry after 10 miles. When I used the ferry last Sunday it was chock-a-block but today it was just me, another cyclist and… Continue reading Düsseldorf – Neuss – Zons

Today was a semi rest day, so I thought I’d do a 12 mile loop that I’d downloaded earlier this week, just around Düsseldorf. I actually ended up doing the first part of the route, extending it a bit and then coming back the way I had already cycled as it was so nice. It… Continue reading Düsseldorf Altstadt

The forecast today was for a very hot day, so I decided being out on the bike would be better than sweltering indoors. In retrospect, I’m not entirely sure… Anyway, I couldn’t decide whether to go to Venlo or not, as I may be going next week to visit a friend, so decided instead to… Continue reading Düsseldorf – Duisburg

The weather forecast today was a scorcher (36 degrees) and I decided to do a shorter ride today as I got up a bit later and had to do some homework first. Today’s route was a 20 miler following yet another GPSies track. The beginning was cycling a fair way through Düsseldorf itself and I… Continue reading Düsseldorf – Neuss again

All was quiet in Duesseldorf as I left the house at 8:15 this morning. Presumably most Germans were sleeping off their hangovers after the footie disappointment, and no-one as yet seems to have removed their flags. This was a house I saw just round the corner from where I am staying. Today I decided to… Continue reading Düsseldorf – Erkrath

I went to bed early last night (straight after the Netherlands v Uruguay footie match) so that I could get up early and go out exploring. I was ready to leave at 8am which gave me plenty of time. I have several routes of different lengths on my Garmin that I’ve downloaded from GPSies.com, so… Continue reading Düsseldorf – Neuss

Today I decided to go to Cologne/Köln, where I was born in fact. It’s only about 30 miles from Düsseldorf so a nice day’s ride there and back at slow cycle path speeds. I set off at about 9am after reassembling the trike (it’s living in my car whilst I’m here as there’s no suitable… Continue reading Düsseldorf – Köln

Day 9: Sunday 6 June – Harwich to home (16.1 miles) We were slow off the ferry as our section was the last to disembark, which also meant there was a huge queue for passport control. James and I saw Wow and Mrs Wow cycling around towards the station – we were about 15 minutes… Continue reading Mosel 2010 – Harwich to Home

Day 8: Saturday 5 June – Bad Breisig to Hoek van Holland (by train, mostly) (20.21 miles) James and I made our way down to breakfast at 8am and saw a rather perturbed-looking Wowbagger who wasn’t feeling at all well. I know how exhausting train travel is at the best of times so hoped that… Continue reading Mosel 2010 – Bad Breisig to Hoek van Holland

Day 7: Friday 4 June – Spay to Bad Breisig (31.17 miles) Today is the short day of riding – just 31 miles. We checked out of the hotel in Spay and set off, retracing our route to Koblenz. The cobbles were as irritating as they had been last time round. At Koblenz we stopped… Continue reading Mosel 2010 – Spay to Bad Breisig

Day 6: Thursday 3 June – Spay to Bingen to Spay (62.06 miles) After breakfast we retrieved our bikes from the garage and set off to Bingen along the main path. There were patches of cobbles but it was a generally good route, with loads of cyclists out and about which was a surprise. As… Continue reading Mosel 2010 – Spay to Bingen to Spay

Day 5: Wednesday 2 June – Cochem to Spay (44.72 miles) We were woken up by the binmen at 5:30am emptying a dozen bins right under our window. The roadworks started at 7:30am and there was lots of noise and vibration. Breakfast was good, despite the vibration from the asphalt-flattener outside. We checked out at… Continue reading Mosel 2010 – Cochem to Spay

Day 4: Tuesday 1 June – Bernkastel-Kues to Cochem (48.24 miles) At 7:30am when I opened the shutters in my room the panorama was hidden by fog. We could hear a helicopter which turned out to be spraying the vineyards – not organic then! We ate a very good breakfast including bread, cheese, yoghurt, müsli,… Continue reading Mosel 2010 – Bernkastel-Kues to Cochem

Day 3: Monday 31 May – Trier to Bernkastel-Kues (49.5 miles) The washing had pretty much dried by the morning but the hotel room was a sauna. Breakfast was very good – sausage, bacon, scrambled egg, rolls, cold meats and salmon, cheeses, cereal, danish pastries, yoghurts, fruit and more. I didn’t eat everything. Enjoyed my… Continue reading Mosel 2010 – Trier to Bernkastel-Kues

Day 2: Sunday 30 May – Hoek van Holland to Trier (22.96 cycling miles) We were off the Ferry at 7:45am and cycled all of 200 metres to Hoek van Holland railway station, at which our train awaited. Unfortunately the train doors had broken and only one door was open (with an annoying alarm going… Continue reading Mosel 2010 – Hoek van Holland to Trier by train (with small cycling diversion)

Day 1: Saturday 29 May – Great Bromley to Harwich Ferry  (16.3 miles) Wow and Mrs Wow arrived at 5:45 and had a cup of tea and piece of cake before we set off. It had been raining but was dry for us as we rode the 13 miles to the Cherry Tree in Little… Continue reading Mosel 2010 – Great Bromley to Harwich Ferry

I’m off again! At the end of May I’ll be going with James and Mr & Mrs Wow to Trier in Germany, following the Mosel to Koblenz, then a bit of the Rhein to Bingen, then returning along the Rhein to Köln where we get the train back to the Hook of Holland and the… Continue reading Mosel 2010 – Overview

Day 11 – Tuesday 8 September – Harwich to Great Bromley. Distance: 20.4 miles; The alarm call on the boat at 5:30am seemed a bit early but we were both feeling refreshed after a good night’s sleep on a calm ferry crossing. We were at our bikes at 6:30am and, although being last off the… Continue reading Main/Rhein 2009 – Harwich to Great Bromley

Day 10 – Monday 7 September – Bonn to Köln, Rotterdam to Hoek van Holland. Distance: 45 miles; time: 4 hours 12 minutes;  Calories: 2859 After a good breakfast we checked out at 8:15 and retrieved our bikes from the Keller. We set off on an easy path with lots of dog walkers and few… Continue reading Rhein/Main 2009 – Bonn to Köln, Rotterdam to Hoek van Holland