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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

Day 5: Wednesday 2 June – Cochem to Spay (44.72 miles) We were woken up by the binmen at 5:30am emptying a dozen bins right under our window. The roadworks started at 7:30am and there was lots of noise and vibration. Breakfast was good, despite the vibration from the asphalt-flattener outside. We checked out at… Continue reading Mosel 2010 – Cochem to Spay

Day 4: Tuesday 1 June – Bernkastel-Kues to Cochem (48.24 miles) At 7:30am when I opened the shutters in my room the panorama was hidden by fog. We could hear a helicopter which turned out to be spraying the vineyards – not organic then! We ate a very good breakfast including bread, cheese, yoghurt, müsli,… Continue reading Mosel 2010 – Bernkastel-Kues to Cochem

Day 3: Monday 31 May – Trier to Bernkastel-Kues (49.5 miles) The washing had pretty much dried by the morning but the hotel room was a sauna. Breakfast was very good – sausage, bacon, scrambled egg, rolls, cold meats and salmon, cheeses, cereal, danish pastries, yoghurts, fruit and more. I didn’t eat everything. Enjoyed my… Continue reading Mosel 2010 – Trier to Bernkastel-Kues

Day 2: Sunday 30 May – Hoek van Holland to Trier (22.96 cycling miles) We were off the Ferry at 7:45am and cycled all of 200 metres to Hoek van Holland railway station, at which our train awaited. Unfortunately the train doors had broken and only one door was open (with an annoying alarm going… Continue reading Mosel 2010 – Hoek van Holland to Trier by train (with small cycling diversion)

Day 1: Saturday 29 May – Great Bromley to Harwich Ferry  (16.3 miles) Wow and Mrs Wow arrived at 5:45 and had a cup of tea and piece of cake before we set off. It had been raining but was dry for us as we rode the 13 miles to the Cherry Tree in Little… Continue reading Mosel 2010 – Great Bromley to Harwich Ferry

I’m off again! At the end of May I’ll be going with James and Mr & Mrs Wow to Trier in Germany, following the Mosel to Koblenz, then a bit of the Rhein to Bingen, then returning along the Rhein to Köln where we get the train back to the Hook of Holland and the… Continue reading Mosel 2010 – Overview

Day 11 – Tuesday 8 September – Harwich to Great Bromley. Distance: 20.4 miles; The alarm call on the boat at 5:30am seemed a bit early but we were both feeling refreshed after a good night’s sleep on a calm ferry crossing. We were at our bikes at 6:30am and, although being last off the… Continue reading Main/Rhein 2009 – Harwich to Great Bromley

Day 10 – Monday 7 September – Bonn to Köln, Rotterdam to Hoek van Holland. Distance: 45 miles; time: 4 hours 12 minutes;  Calories: 2859 After a good breakfast we checked out at 8:15 and retrieved our bikes from the Keller. We set off on an easy path with lots of dog walkers and few… Continue reading Rhein/Main 2009 – Bonn to Köln, Rotterdam to Hoek van Holland

Day 9 – Sunday 6th September – Spay to Bonn Distance: 51.91 miles; time: 5 hours 06 minutes; calories: 3183 Best breakfast yet! We certainly like the Flair Hotel Alte Posthof in Spay, definitely one to choose if you’re ever in that part of the world! We had allowed ourselves a bit of a lie-in… Continue reading Main/Rhein 2009 – Spay to Bonn

Day 8 – Saturday 5th September – Mainz to Spay Distance: 53.41 miles; time: 5 hours 02 minutes; calories: 3226 Well Mainz hasn’t really hit the spot. No doubt it’s a nice enough place, but when you’re in a tiny room with no loo above a cuban bar with singing till 4am, it doesn’t help… Continue reading Main/Rhein 2009 – Mainz to Spay

Day 7 – Friday 4th September – Aschaffenburg to Mainz Distance: 59.45 miles; time: 5 hours 54 minutes; calories: 3509 Pippa and I had decided that, as today was a long distance and the weather would get worse during the day, that we would get up early, eat breakfast and go. So we met up… Continue reading Main/Rhein 2009 – Aschaffenburg to Mainz

Day 5 – Wednesday 2nd September – Würzburg to Wertheim Distance: 63.66 miles; time: 5 hours 31 minutes; calories: 4162 After a rather fab 9.5 hour sleep (the advantage of a big cycle ride the day before) we had the best breakfast yet. Yum! Pippa and I planned to meet at the reception desk as… Continue reading Main/Rhein 2009 – Würzburg to Wertheim

Day 4 – Tuesday 1 September –  Schweinfurt to Würzburg. Distance: 60.76 miles; time: 06 hours 00 minutes;  3836 calories. Pippa and I met for a hearty breakfast this morning at 8am, having planned to set off at 9am. This is because we were doing 100km today to reach Würzburg, a rather lovely town that… Continue reading Main/Rhein 2009 – Schweinfurt to Würzburg

Day 3 – Monday 31 August- Bamberg to Schweinfurt. Distance: 38.25 miles; time: 03:47:00; Had a wonderful shower this morning, it really sets you up for the day. The clothes I washed last night were still damp so I used my other set of shorts and sleeveless jersey – my Dad had emailed me a… Continue reading Main/Rhein 2009 – Bamberg to Schweinfurt

Day 2 – Sunday 30 August – Hoek van Holland to Bamberg. Distance: 3.10 miles; time: 53:02; Was woken at 5:45UK time to give us an hour’s warning for disembarkation of the ferry. Pippa and I rescued our bikes, although a woman in a car gave me evil looks as I moved my trike around,… Continue reading Main/Rhein 2009 – Hoek van Holland to Bamberg by train

Day 1 – Saturday 29 August. Distance: 1.15 miles; time: 00:00:00;  Average speed: 0mph;  Max speed: 0.0mph Not a particularly auspicious start to the holiday – I’ve had a stomach bug since Wednesday. James got it too but recovered within 24 hours. With me it’s lingered on rather longer and although I’m no longer needing… Continue reading Main/Rhein 2009 – to Harwich and beyond