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Forecast was for mega rain this afternoon and this evening so I planned to put the rack and Vaude panniers on the trike after my morning constitutional ride. I decided to redo the route that crosses the river to Neuss on a bridge and then crosses back over at Zons with the little ferry. It’s… Continue reading Düsseldorf – Neuss – Zons again

I got up a bit later this morning and had planned to just do a vague ride but in the end decided to plan something a bit more interesting with the maps that Redfalo from CycleChat lent me. I crossed over the more northerly bridge and made my way into Neuss, following a rather lovely… Continue reading Düsseldorf – Neukirchen

After yesterday’s longer trip I didn’t want to venture anywhere too exciting today so just cycled along the cycle paths to the Altstadt and then back again (I’ve done this route a few times before). The only thing of note was that they were having some chaps examine one of the bridges from a hanging… Continue reading Düsseldorf – A short Altstadt visit

Today was my long ride day, seeing as I don’t get a chance to do long rides during the week and I went to Arnhem yesterday. Last night, after a bit of general googling and looking at railway timetables, I decided I would get a train somewhere this morning and then cycle back. But train… Continue reading Overwinter – Düsseldorf

Today was my day to travel to another country (Holland) to meet up with my chum Marieke. I woke up early enough to go out for a ride before setting off (I was due to leave at 10am for Holland) so I extracted the Trice from the car, where it had spent the night (we… Continue reading Düsseldorf South

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The plan for today was to re-do one of my original rides, the one round Elbsee and Unterbacher See, but to see if I could avoid the very off-road section that had been a bit awkward last time. I trotted downstairs and got the bike out of the car. Puncture. Same wheel. Clearly I hadn’t… Continue reading Düsseldorf – Unterbacher See

I fully expected to have a puncture this morning. This is because last night I attempted to get the buckle out of both front tyres (this is when they’re not seated on the rim absolutely correctly so that the reflective strip around them squashes in at one point – and when you ride you feel… Continue reading Düsseldorf Altstadt again

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