I had my first slightly longer trip on the Velomobile today. It wasn’t going to be very long as I have slightly painful knees, probably as a result of switching to the heavy Versatile, so I wanted to take it easy. I left the dog feeling very patriotic. Then it was off out in Penelope… Continue reading Penelope goes to Wachtendonk
Category: Cycle Tours
A ride around Thaxted, Dunmow and Stansted Airport
Although most of my cycling is done alone as I pootle around Great Bromley for 24 miles every day, occasionally things are made a bit more interesting by riding with friends. Even more occasionally, I take the bike somewhere different to ride with friends. And, very fortunately, friend Wowbagger (also known as Peter) had organised… Continue reading A ride around Thaxted, Dunmow and Stansted Airport
Romantische Straße – Bad Mergentheim to Würzburg
Saturday 14 September 2013 Another good nights sleep and then it was time to wander up the road to the main hotel for breakfast. As usual there was a large selection of food. We selected our regular light selection of food: 1) Mixed muesli and cereals with milk 2) Bread rolls with ham, cheese, salami,… Continue reading Romantische Straße – Bad Mergentheim to Würzburg
Romantische Straße – Rothenburg ob der Tauber to Bad Mergentheim
Friday 13 September 2013 We slept really well in our exceptionally quiet room. Breakfast was a very varied selection. Including very startled-looking eggs. The official route for today looked fine, not too many pointless detours and generally very high quality road surfaces (according to the Bikeline book which is not always 100% correct). So we… Continue reading Romantische Straße – Rothenburg ob der Tauber to Bad Mergentheim
Romantische Straße – Dinkelsbühl to Rothenburg ob der Tauber
Thursday 12 September 2013 After a reasonable night’s sleep, started somewhat amusingly when James’s side of the bed partially collapsed (he fixed it OK), we went down to breakfast. The skies were grey but the earlier rain had turned to drizzle and we hoped for a dry-ish afternoon at least. We’d read a lot in… Continue reading Romantische Straße – Dinkelsbühl to Rothenburg ob der Tauber
Romantische Straße – Harburg to Dinkelsbühl
Wednesday 11 September 2013 Last night we talked on Skype with the in-laws and they let us webcam with Poppy the dog who looks very relaxed in front of the woodburner. I slept really well last night – mind you, I went to bed at 10pm which was an hour and a half earlier than… Continue reading Romantische Straße – Harburg to Dinkelsbühl
Romantische Straße – Meitingen to Harburg
Tuesday 10 September 2013 This morning we went down to breakfast and I had a lighter selection than normal – I felt it was time to cut back a bit! I did enjoy peering at this chandelier however! We got ready to head out and another look at the weather forecast showed us that rain… Continue reading Romantische Straße – Meitingen to Harburg
Romantische Straße – Königsbrunn to Meitingen
Monday 9 September We awoke at eight to blue skies with white fluffy clouds, not the rain we were originally forecasted. Hurrah! Before we went down to breakfast I received an email from Booking.com, the website that I used to book most of our hotels. As usual they were asking me to review a hotel… Continue reading Romantische Straße – Königsbrunn to Meitingen
Romantische Straße – Schongau to Königsbrunn
Sunday 8 September 2013 After a good night’s sleep we woke up to blue skies and sunshine again, hurrah. The weather forecast was for rain late morning here in Schongau and rain from 5pm in Königsbrunn, our destination for today. If we were lucky we could dodge the rain as we travel. Breakfast was once… Continue reading Romantische Straße – Schongau to Königsbrunn
Romantische Straße – Füssen to Schongau
Saturday 7 September 2013 After a good night’s sleep we opened the shutters to discover a beautiful blue sky. The weather forecast of thunder and lightning seems to have avoided us, at least for the morning. The Hotel Christine has an extremely high rating on the hotel website and up till breakfast we hadn’t thought… Continue reading Romantische Straße – Füssen to Schongau
Romantische Straße – home to Füssen by ferry, car and train
So I’m off on my latest cycle tour, this time with the indefatigable Uncle James along too for a holiday celebrating (a few weeks early) 20 years of marriage. What better trip to choose than Germany’s Romantic Road! We decided to have a leisurely time this trip and give ourselves plenty of time to relax… Continue reading Romantische Straße – home to Füssen by ferry, car and train
The Joy Of Essex 2 Cycle Ride
I led a ride around my bit of north east Essex about six weeks ago and it was very well received, although lots of people who wanted to come weren’t able to. So I organised a similar ride for Sunday 11 August which more people were able to attend. It turned out to be a… Continue reading The Joy Of Essex 2 Cycle Ride
Dinner with Velomobiles
Eight days ago I found myself having breakfast with a bunch of velomobiles and a recumbent bicycle on their way to LEL2013 (cycling from London to Edinburgh and back to London again in four and a half days). I saw two of the riders at the Great Easton control on the way back from Edinburgh,… Continue reading Dinner with Velomobiles
Breakfast with Velomobiles
It’s not every day that, by 7:45am, you’ve seen five velomobiles ride past. [field name=iframe1] Today, however, is the exception to that rule and I not only saw five velomobiles but also one recumbent bicycle (not sure of the type) and, of course, my own recumbent tricycle. This little corner of Essex isn’t usually a… Continue reading Breakfast with Velomobiles
The Joy Of Essex Cycle Ride
I don’t only tour in Germany – I also cycle in England! I’m a member of two cycling forums, CycleChat and YACF (Yet Another Cycling Forum), and have previously organised some cycle rides in my corner of Essex which people from those forums have attended. Having not led a ride for a couple of years… Continue reading The Joy Of Essex Cycle Ride
Ko2Ko – Kempen to Hoek van Holland and Great Bromley
My last day of my tour!!! There are five bakeries in St Hubert and during my week long stay here in March I visited four out of the five. Now was my opportunity to get the full set by having breakfast in Café Poels. The plan was to have a bread roll (standard German breakfast)… Continue reading Ko2Ko – Kempen to Hoek van Holland and Great Bromley
Ko2Ko – Köln to Kempen
Today was my last full day of cycling in Germany (tomorrow I will be catching the train through Holland, although there will be some cycling at both ends of that journey). Here is the map of my progress through Germany. And this is today’s route. After a good breakfast (this Hotel was such incredibly good… Continue reading Ko2Ko – Köln to Kempen
Ko2Ko – Koblenz to Köln
Here is the map of where I have got to so far on the whole tour: Quite a long way really! And here’s today’s ride, also a long way. Once again I had a hotel room without breakfast (which was 8,50€ extra so I didn’t bother), so I was out of the door at 8am… Continue reading Ko2Ko – Koblenz to Köln
Ko2Ko – Walluf to Koblenz; I made it!!!
As you can see from this blog post title, I made it to Koblenz today! Here’s the map of my entire route. This is the map of my ride today. Today was going to be a long ride (55-60 miles) so I made sure I had an early start. I hadn’t paid for breakfast with… Continue reading Ko2Ko – Walluf to Koblenz; I made it!!!
Ko2Ko – Worms to Walluf
How far have I got? Here’s the map! I enjoyed my hearty breakfast at the Asgard Hotel – there was a lot more variety than usual which was good. I was all ready to check out at 8:30 and went down to the Tiefgarage under the hotel to collect Alfie. I saw this car which… Continue reading Ko2Ko – Worms to Walluf