This month has been appalling for cycling – I have managed just 33km, which is four commutes by bike. This is firstly because the weather was less good, I spent some time in the UK, we had our new kitchen fitted so much less spare time (we had to prepare everything) and also I had… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – September 2017 (Month 42)
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Living in Germany as a Brit since 2014
Six Wheels In Germany – August 2017 (Month 41)
Cycling this month Here are the statistics for my rides this month. Not included is my work commute on 30 August but I had to write this blog before then – that gives me another 8.2km. Notice I have not ridden Penelope once this month! Klaus is now way ahead of me for his riding… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – August 2017 (Month 41)
Six Wheels In Germany – July 2017 (Month 40)
Cycling this month This month I didn’t cycle as much as normal, whereas Klaus had a very impressive month’s total 1533.83km. As you can see from the screenshot of my rides below, I only managed 733.32! And this is where I rode: Local velomobile meet There are more and more Velomobiles making their home in… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – July 2017 (Month 40)
Six Wheels In Germany – June 2017 (Month 39)
Cycling this month Cycling Statistics this month This month was one of my highest distance months ever ridden: And here is where I went – from the Netherlands to Poland and back via Berlin. This is of course my tour Kempen-Usedom-Berlin-Kempen, for which I wrote a blog post every day. If you haven’t seen it… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – June 2017 (Month 39)
Six Wheels In Germany – May 2017 (Month 38)
Cycling this month Cycling statistics this month This month I did a bit better with my distance but I am still not riding as regularly as I used to do (excluding work commutes). This is because life is busy and has been changing quite a lot recently! But it’s all good. And here is the… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – May 2017 (Month 38)
Six Wheels In Germany – April 2017 (Month 37)
Cycling this month Cycling statistics this month Here is my total for the month – as you can see, not very impressive! And here is where I cycled to this month. A trip to Xanten and Wesel At the beginning of April Klaus and I decided to do our long ride (Strava Gran Fondo) in… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – April 2017 (Month 37)
Six Wheels In Germany – March 2017 (Month 36)
This is Month 36 of my time in Germany. On 31 March 2014 I left the UK for my new life in Germany. The three years have gone really fast! Cycling this month Cycling statistics this month As you see, a better total for March but I am still behind my target of 10,000km for… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – March 2017 (Month 36)
Six Wheels In Germany – February 2017 (Month 35)
A cold and wet February but I managed 447km. A rather paltry total but I did also fly off somewhere warm for a holiday over the end of February which reduced cycling days. Anyway, here is where I rode in February. And here are the individual rides listed. As you can see, I managed a… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – February 2017 (Month 35)
Six Wheels in Germany – January 2017 (Month 34)
Happy New Year to all my readers! Well, the first month of 2017 is now over, and it’s been a somewhat quieter month than usual. This is partly because of some very cold weather that meant I didn’t do much cycling, and also because my riding partner Klaus had the man-flu and was also out… Continue reading Six Wheels in Germany – January 2017 (Month 34)
Six Wheels In Germany – December 2016 (Month 33)
The end of the year! Cycling this month Despite the rather chilly December we have experienced in the Niederrhein region, I did manage almost 900km. And this is where I went this month. You can see the long ride back from Oliebollentocht, which is a separate blog post. And Veloviewer also produced a graphic for… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – December 2016 (Month 33)
Six Wheels In Germany – November 2016 (Month 32)
A short report for this month (phew, you say!!) Cycling this month Cycling Statistics this month November was not such a good month for cycling for me. This is mostly due to the weather – it was very rainy for several days, and very cold for a couple of weeks, and with my job it… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – November 2016 (Month 32)
Six Wheels In Germany – October 2016 (Month 31)
October was a mixture of warm, sunny weather and definite autumnal/winter days. However, this month’s blog is decidedly not a mixture… it is almost entirely bicycle-related (with just my cake collage at the end) so if velomobiles and trikes aren’t your thing I suggest you give it a miss this month. What can I learn… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – October 2016 (Month 31)
Six Wheels In Germany – September 2016 (Month 30)
cycling this month Cycling statistics this month Last month I increased my year’s cycling target from 10,000km to 12,000km which means I need to do 1000km per month (plus a bit more to make up my slight deficit). I’m glad to say that by the end of October I had made up the deficit so… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – September 2016 (Month 30)
Six Wheels In Germany – August 2016 (Month 29)
Cycling this month August has been an exceptionally good month for me for cycling mileage – as you can see I’ve done over 1,761km, that’s over 1000 miles. And enjoyed every one of them! Cycling Statistics this month And here is the Wheel with where I have gone (excluding a trip I did near Hannover).… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – August 2016 (Month 29)
Six Wheels In Germany – July 2016 (Month 28)
Cycling this month Cycling statistics this month Here are my rides this month. And here is the Veloviewer Wheel which shows where I have been. To Venlo to meet Olaf and Gordon Olaf is a German chap who lives in London with his wife and who I first met on a Friday Night Right To… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – July 2016 (Month 28)
Six Wheels In Germany – June 2016 (Month 27)
Cycling this month Cycling statistics this month This month was a pretty good one for cycling, with over a thousand kilometres ridden despite also working for 110 hours. Notice the increase in my moving average speed since Klaus got his velomobile and I had to speed up (the penultimate column). And here is the Veloviewer… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – June 2016 (Month 27)
Six Wheels In Germany – May 2016 (Month 26)
Cycling this month Cycling statistics this month Here are my rides for this month. And here’s VeloViewer’s Wheel which shows where I have ridden (except for a ride I did in NL). However, the total distance is wrong on this wheel – no idea why as Strava has the correct data (and it gets the… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – May 2016 (Month 26)
Six Wheels In Germany – April 2016 (Month 25)
Cycling in April 2016 Here is a listing of all my rides in April 2016 You will notice that I haven’t used Alfie again this month. In fact, my last ride on Alfie was on 29th January… Velomobiles are so much more pleasant to ride in winter than open trikes! And here are all the… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – April 2016 (Month 25)
Six Wheels In Germany – March 2016 (Month 24)
Cycling this month Cycling statistics this month Here are all the rides – getting the train to Dronten confused the software! And a close-up of the local rides. Once again I managed my metric century (in fact this time a double century) this month with my ride from Dronten to Kempen. Of course once Klaus… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – March 2016 (Month 24)
Six Wheels In Germany – February 2016 (Month 23)
Cycling this month Here is a great photo that one of the chaps on the Fit Durch Den Winter ride at the end of January took of me. Cycling statistics this month This month I have had two trips to the UK over two weekends and the weather has been pretty chilly so I haven’t… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – February 2016 (Month 23)