After completing my challenge of visiting all the churches in Kreis Viersen it was time for another challenge – this time all the windmills (old ones, not new wind turbines) and watermills in Kreis Viersen. Fortunately there are rather fewer than the 98 churches – I was able to find 26 mills in total although… Continue reading Windmills and Watermills in Kreis Viersen
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Churches in Kreis Viersen 91-98
This is the tenth and final batch of church visits that I’ve blogged about. You can read about 1-10, 11-20, 21-30, 31-40, 41-50, 51-60, 61-70 and 71-80 and Churches in Kreis Viersen 81-90 as well. Churches visited this time 91. Hoffnungskirche, Schiefbahn 92. Kloster Mülhausen 93. St Peter und Paul, Leutherheide 94. Sankt Laurentius, Elmpt… Continue reading Churches in Kreis Viersen 91-98
SPEZI 12 – Hitdorf to Kempen
Friday 1 May 2015 Today’s route was originally planned to go through Düsseldorf but we realised before the tour started that 1st May (a bank holiday) through the Düsseldorf Altstadt would be a recipe for disaster in terms of dodging pedestrians and other cyclists, so we’d work out a different route home when the time… Continue reading SPEZI 12 – Hitdorf to Kempen
SPEZI 11 – Bad Honnef to Hitdorf
Thursday 30 April 2015 Today’s track was 73km and the forecast was rain for most of the day but after a good breakfast (Klaus seemed to have avoided a post-wine headache) the view outside was rather good – dry! The landlady had tales to tell about the vines and the special rock of Drachenfels from… Continue reading SPEZI 11 – Bad Honnef to Hitdorf
SPEZI 10 – Spay to Bad Honnef
Wednesday 29 April 2015 I do like the hotel Alter Posthof and their breakfasts are very good. I was first down to breakfast and then Simon and Joyce arrived. We had some cereal (and discovered the milk was a bit off when it curdled in our tea) and then Klaus arrived. He requested scrambled eggs… Continue reading SPEZI 10 – Spay to Bad Honnef
SPEZI 9 – Eltville to Spay
Tuesday 28 April 2015 The Hotel Alta Villa in Eltville is very nice indeed and the staff are most friendly – but unfortunately if your room is on the side of the railway you may not have a very good night’s sleep. The trains run throughout the night and can be very noisy! So when… Continue reading SPEZI 9 – Eltville to Spay
SPEZI 8 – Worms to Eltville
Monday 27 April 2015 This is a map of where we should have been going today… However we ended up doing a rather different route: We went down to breakfast and there was a very good spread. Being a Brit I enjoyed some cereal Followed by some hearty items to give me energy for the… Continue reading SPEZI 8 – Worms to Eltville
SPEZI 7 – Speyer to Worms
Sunday 26 April 2015 So now it’s halfway through the tour, I thought I’d do a summary of the mechanical issues we have experienced with our four trikes (three ICE trikes, one Steintrikes). 1. Dodgy valve on one of Joyce’s tyres which means it very slowly deflated. Tube changed. 2. My front chainring bar-end friction… Continue reading SPEZI 7 – Speyer to Worms
SPEZI 6 – Speyer to Germersheim, SPEZI Radmesse
Saturday 25 April 2015 Today was the day for the supposed purpose of this trip – the SPEZI Radmesse – although of course that was just an excuse for a nice bike tour! Joyce and Simon and I met for breakfast and it was very pleasant with a good selection and a very tasty fruit… Continue reading SPEZI 6 – Speyer to Germersheim, SPEZI Radmesse
SPEZI 5 – Nierstein to Speyer
Friday 24 April 2015 Today we were heading from Nierstein to Speyer which would involve cycling past Ludwigshafen/Mannheim and waving goodbye to Klaus who would head off north-east of Mannheim. I had a better night’s sleep, fortunately, so felt much more energetic for the day. After an excellent breakfast we got our trikes ready to… Continue reading SPEZI 5 – Nierstein to Speyer
SPEZI 4 – St Goar to Nierstein
Thursday 23 April 2015 I had a fairly bad night’s sleep last night so felt pretty pooped all day – fortunately it was to be a shorter day at just 80km. Nigel had already decided not to ride all the way to Nierstein with us but to stop in Mainz; his knees were hurting and… Continue reading SPEZI 4 – St Goar to Nierstein
SPEZI 3 – Bad Breisig to St Goar
Wednesday 22 April 2015 Today was going to be a lot cooler, according to the weather forecast, so we fortified ourselves with breakfast in our fab Guest House. This was sitting in the dining room off the kitchen – a wonderful English country-style kitchen with aga-type oven (called a Falcon). We had bread rolls, cheese… Continue reading SPEZI 3 – Bad Breisig to St Goar
SPEZI 2 – Düsseldorf-Zons to Bad Breisig
Tuesday 21 April 2015 The weather forecast for today was fab – 20 degrees and sunny all day. This turned out to be correct so we had perfect cycling conditions, although I (along with others) had to slap on a lot of sun cream as we are not yet used to this weather! We met… Continue reading SPEZI 2 – Düsseldorf-Zons to Bad Breisig
SPEZI 1 – Kempen to Düsseldorf-Zons
Monday 20 April 2015 Today was day one of the tour and I woke up shockingly early as I was so excited to be on a bike tour again. I sorted out the dog, did my final packing, did all the things you need to do to the house when you are leaving it for… Continue reading SPEZI 1 – Kempen to Düsseldorf-Zons
SPEZI 0 – Venlo to Kempen
19 April 2015 Today was not the official first day of the tour but it was the day that I met Joyce and Simon, two of the other SPEZI tour participants, in Venlo and then rode with them back to Kempen. Here is my track for the day. This was a ride of 56.28km in… Continue reading SPEZI 0 – Venlo to Kempen
Churches In Kreis Viersen 81-90
This is the ninth batch of church visits that I’ve blogged about. You can read about 1-10, 11-20, 21-30, 31-40, 41-50, 51-60, 61-70 and 71-80 as well. Churches visited this time 81. Neuapostolische Kirche Dülken 82. Evangelische freikirche, Dülken 83. Amern Evangelische Kirche 84. Evangelische Kirche Bracht-Breyell 85. St Anna, Schaag 86. St Peter Born-Brüggen… Continue reading Churches In Kreis Viersen 81-90
Churches in Kreis Viersen 71-80
This is the eighth batch of church visits that I’ve blogged about. It’s been a while since I’ve added to this as I’ve mostly been riding in the dark (to my choir or language course) which has meant it’s tricky to take photographs but I did visit a few churches over the winter months and… Continue reading Churches in Kreis Viersen 71-80
Alfie rides the Sauerlandradring
A month ago I cycled the Vennbahnradweg from Aachen towards Luxembourg with Klaus, fellow recumbent triking chum here in Germany. We enjoyed our 162.5km on a disused railway line so much that Klaus did some more investigating as to other suitable Bahnradwege near here that we could try. And he discovered the Sauerlandradring. This is… Continue reading Alfie rides the Sauerlandradring
Churches in Kreis Viersen 61-70
This is the seventh batch of church visits that I’ve blogged about. You can read about 1-10, 11-20, 21-30, 31-40, 41-50 and 51-60 as well. Churches visited this time 61. Neuapostolische Kirche, Willich 62. Auferstehungskirche, Willich 63. St Michael, Waldniel 64. Kapelle St Maria an der Heiden, Overhetfeld 65. St Martin, Oberkrüchten 66. St Sebastian,… Continue reading Churches in Kreis Viersen 61-70
Alfie rides the Vennbahnradweg
Sunday 14 September 2014 Today was a ride with a difference – 100 miles (162km) along a former railway track that linked Aachen with Luxembourg and travelled over the Hohes Venn in Belgium, also part of the Eifel region. I hadn’t heard about this route before but cycling chum Klaus mentioned it several weeks ago,… Continue reading Alfie rides the Vennbahnradweg