The weather is great here in Nettetal and I fancied going out for a bit of a faster ride (without the dog). After I had my lunch and a cup of tea I gathered together my cycling stuff and Poppy clearly looked like she wanted to come. I had to shut her in the apartment… Continue reading Nettetal – a ride round the quiet lanes (Saturday 11 August)
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Nettetal – a short ride with Poppy in the basket (Saturday 11 August)
I’m staying in a little hamlet outside Nettetal-Lobberich which is called Sassenfeld. That’s also the name of the road that runs through it with lots of little side roads which have a dozen or so houses. All around are fields of sweetcorn, cut hay and more. I have a very pleasant two-storey apartment which is… Continue reading Nettetal – a short ride with Poppy in the basket (Saturday 11 August)
Nettetal – ride to Straelen (Friday 10 August)
Auntie Helen is currently in Nettetal. If you don’t know where that is, look for Venlo in Holland (north-west of Düsseldorf and Mönchengladbach in the west of Germany) and you will find it. Just to the east, over the border from Holland into Germany, is Nettetal. And it’s very nice. ‘Tal’ means valley in Germany… Continue reading Nettetal – ride to Straelen (Friday 10 August)
B2L – The Cheque Handover
Today we had a cheque handover event at the Chavasse VC House (the Colchester Personnel Recovery Centre). Here am I handing over the cheque to Steve Schollar from Help For Heroes who runs the centre: And here with Marianne West the Essex Help For Heroes co-ordinate and Major Robert Thomas who jointly runs the centre… Continue reading B2L – The Cheque Handover
Birthday ride around Suffolk!
Today is my birthday and I decided to do a solo ride around my little corner of Suffolk. My occasional cycling chum Mark had done something dodgy to his knees a few days ago so decided it was safest not to attempt a ride with me and do further damage. So a solo ride it… Continue reading Birthday ride around Suffolk!
B2L – Great Bromley to London (Day 17)
The Final Day! So the final day dawned, my ride into London. This was the day that I had been least looking forward to (in fact, the only day I wasn’t looking forward to) in that riding in London is not something I particularly enjoy. Wonderful as recumbent tricycles are, they aren’t really suited to… Continue reading B2L – Great Bromley to London (Day 17)
B2L – Delft to Hoek van Holland, Harwich to Great Bromley (Day 16)
Click here to see my progress so far: Auntie Helen’s Berlin To London ride My cycle ride is featuring on the Help For Heroes website at the moment: Berlin to London on a recumbent trike If you think what I’m doing is pretty cool, perhaps you might sponsor me to give me some encouragement and,… Continue reading B2L – Delft to Hoek van Holland, Harwich to Great Bromley (Day 16)
B2L – Utrecht to Delft (Day 15)
Click here to see my progress so far: Auntie Helen’s Berlin To London ride My cycle ride is featuring on the Help For Heroes website at the moment: Berlin to London on a recumbent trike If you think what I’m doing is pretty cool, perhaps you might sponsor me to give me some encouragement and,… Continue reading B2L – Utrecht to Delft (Day 15)
B2L – Duiven to Utrecht (Day 14)
Click here to see my progress so far: Auntie Helen’s Berlin To London ride My cycle ride is featuring on the Help For Heroes website at the moment: Berlin to London on a recumbent trike If you think what I’m doing is pretty cool, perhaps you might sponsor me to give me some encouragement and,… Continue reading B2L – Duiven to Utrecht (Day 14)
B2L – Oeding to Duiven (Day 13)
Click here to see my progress so far: Auntie Helen’s Berlin To London ride My cycle ride is featuring on the Help For Heroes website at the moment: Berlin to London on a recumbent trike If you think what I’m doing is pretty cool, perhaps you might sponsor me to give me some encouragement and,… Continue reading B2L – Oeding to Duiven (Day 13)
B2L – Münster to Oeding (Day 12)
Click here to see my progress so far: Auntie Helen’s Berlin To London ride My cycle ride is featuring on the Help For Heroes website at the moment: Berlin to London on a recumbent trike If you think what I’m doing is pretty cool, perhaps you might sponsor me to give me some encouragement and,… Continue reading B2L – Münster to Oeding (Day 12)
B2L – Gütersloh to Münster (Day 11)
Click here to see my progress so far: Auntie Helen’s Berlin To London ride My cycle ride is featuring on the Help For Heroes website at the moment: Berlin to London on a recumbent trike If you think what I’m doing is pretty cool, perhaps you might sponsor me to give me some encouragement and,… Continue reading B2L – Gütersloh to Münster (Day 11)
B2L – Nieheim to Gütersloh (Day 10)
Click here to see my progress so far: Auntie Helen’s Berlin To London ride My cycle ride is featuring on the Help For Heroes website at the moment: Berlin to London on a recumbent trike If you think what I’m doing is pretty cool, perhaps you might sponsor me to give me some encouragement and,… Continue reading B2L – Nieheim to Gütersloh (Day 10)
B2L – Einbeck to Nieheim (Day 9)
Click here to see my progress so far: Auntie Helen’s Berlin To London ride My cycle ride is featuring on the Help For Heroes website at the moment: Berlin to London on a recumbent trike If you think what I’m doing is pretty cool, perhaps you might sponsor me to give me some encouragement and,… Continue reading B2L – Einbeck to Nieheim (Day 9)
B2L – Bad Harzburg to Einbeck (Day 8)
Click here to see my progress so far: Auntie Helen’s Berlin To London ride My cycle ride is featuring on the Help For Heroes website at the moment: Berlin to London on a recumbent trike All sponsorship greatly appreciated! The link to my sponsor page is here: Auntie Helen’s sponsorship page Friday 4 May 2012… Continue reading B2L – Bad Harzburg to Einbeck (Day 8)
B2L – Nachterstedt to Bad Harzburg (Day 7)
Click here to see my progress so far: Auntie Helen’s Berlin To London ride It was very exciting last night at about 11pm with a really impressive electrical storm – the sort where the flashes of lightning light up the entire room and the thunder actually rattles the windows. The forecast for this morning was… Continue reading B2L – Nachterstedt to Bad Harzburg (Day 7)
B2L – Oranienbaum to Nachterstedt (Day 6)
Unfortunately this is my second attempt at this blog as the WiFi at the hotel in Nachterstedt didn’t work properly and consequently I lost most of the text, so this has been a bit shortened (a relief to my readers, no doubt!) I slept really well last night and my back felt a lot better… Continue reading B2L – Oranienbaum to Nachterstedt (Day 6)
B2L – Borkheide to Oranienbaum (Day 5)
Click here to find my current location: Auntie Helen’s Berlin to London track I was up bright and early this morning, ready for breakfast at 7:30am. I had wondered if I was the only person staying in the Hotel but there was a German couple also at the breakfast table. The lady was wearing cycling… Continue reading B2L – Borkheide to Oranienbaum (Day 5)
B2L – Berlin to Borkheide (Day 4)
Click here to find my current location: Auntie Helen’s Berlin to London track Today is the start of my tour proper! I arranged to meet my friend Ines in Starbucks by Friedrichstraße station. Ines was cycling to meet me and was a bit late so I had a text from her at one point which… Continue reading B2L – Berlin to Borkheide (Day 4)
B2L – Düsseldorf to Berlin by train (Day 3)
Day 3 – Düsseldorf to Berlin The CVJM offered a good breakfast (I took my own teabags, of course). I have brought 110 teabags with me, knowing that 40 wasn’t enough for a week in Austria; I’ve only used three so far so I think I might be bringing some home with me. Anyway, after… Continue reading B2L – Düsseldorf to Berlin by train (Day 3)