February was a bit of a dull month and we didn’t manage too much cycling. As you can see from the Wheel above, I was mostly commuting, although as there were some rainy windy days I used a car occasionally. On one of the very windy days I got a bit concerned about Millie blowing… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – February 2020 (Month 71)
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Nine Wheels in Germany – January 2020 (Month 70)
A new year and the end of my EU membership So a New Year has begun. I hope you all had a good and healthy start to 2020. As January is a cold and grey month I didn’t do much velomobile riding. And this is where I went: As you can see from the Wheel… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – January 2020 (Month 70)
Nine Wheels in Germany – December 2019 (Month 69)
The end of 2019! 2019 has been a good year, and as you can see my cycling total for the year isn’t tooooo shabby: I also did quite a bit of walking after getting my Garmin Vivoactive 3 smartwatch: And I am particularly proud that I managed to hit my Steps goal 103 days in… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – December 2019 (Month 69)
Oliebollentocht 2019
28th December 2019 was Klaus and my fourth Oliebollentocht, a post-Christmas cycle ride for Velomobiles in the Netherlands that ends with Oliebollen (a kind of doughnut). This year the event was taking place in Utrecht and over 160 velomobiles had registered. We were lucky that chum Ralf had agreed to take us up there with… Continue reading Oliebollentocht 2019
Nine Wheels in Germany – November 2019 (Month 68)
Cycling Statistics this month This month I cycled a total of 542km, largely commuting/. And this is where I went: Although November was quite cold we also had some bright, clear days when Klaus and I managed to get out for some rides together. Tile-bagging, the final tile! I had set myself a challenge to… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – November 2019 (Month 68)
Nine Wheels in Germany – October 2019 (Month 67)
Cycling Statistics this month October was not a good month for cycling. We had one week when my Mum visited and another week when we were away in Berlin, so all the riding was concentrated into two weeks. This was almost entirely commuting, with just three leisure rides. This is the Veloviewer Wheel for the… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – October 2019 (Month 67)
Nine Wheels in Germany – September 2019 (Month 66)
Cycling this month Last month I rode 1,600km, this month rather less: However, I did use all three of my bikes this month. And this is where I actually cycled to: A bit of a weird-looking map, but you can see there was some riding in the east of England, a ride between Hoek van… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – September 2019 (Month 66)
Nine Wheels in Germany – August 2019 (Month 65)
Cycling this month I’m writing this two days before the end of the month as I will shortly be saying goodbye to my MacBook and heading off in the Velomobile to England. Here is where I cycled during the month of August, including the beginning of the England trip. And here is where I went:… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – August 2019 (Month 65)
Schlössertour in Münsterland
Klaus and I both agreed that we like doing short bike tours as well as the long ones – three days gives you a real chance to travel further and do some exploring, but you only have to take one day off work. So we had a look at our diaries and decided that the… Continue reading Schlössertour in Münsterland
Nine Wheels in Germany – July 2019 (Month 64)
Cycling this month Last month was a very good month for cycling as we had our Bodensee tour, but this month wasn’t too shabby either, with a total of 766km cycled. And I went here: As there were some warm days I decided to get Alfie the trike out of storage and ride him a… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – July 2019 (Month 64)
Nine Wheels in Germany – June 2019 (Month 63)
Cycling this month This month has been very successful for cycling as we had our two week Velomobile tour to Bodensee. My total distance cycled this month was 2,300km and that brings the year’s total to 5,500km cycling and 480km walking. And here is where I cycled this month – from the North Sea to… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – June 2019 (Month 63)
Bodensee 2019 Day 15: Drachenfels to Kempen
The last day of the tour! I woke at 5:30am and read the internet until it was time to get up. We were ready by 7:30am and hoped that breakfast would be served, but there was no sign of it so we sat outside and waited for half an hour. The bikes were fine after… Continue reading Bodensee 2019 Day 15: Drachenfels to Kempen
Bodensee 2019 Day 14: Bacharach to Drachenfels
Despite the heat last night we slept well. It was very quiet up the valley out of Bacharach. Breakfast would be served at 8 so we decided to get ourselves completely ready and cycle down to breakfast (in the hotel in Bacharach) and to head off on the road after breakfast without returning to the… Continue reading Bodensee 2019 Day 14: Bacharach to Drachenfels
Bodensee 2019 Day 13: Viernheim to Bacharach
We didn’t have such a great night’s sleep as it was so hot. The fan had a 2 hour timer and switched off after that; I woke up twice and switched it back on, and Klaus did it once in the night too. I woke at 5am as an alarm went off, a kind of… Continue reading Bodensee 2019 Day 13: Viernheim to Bacharach
Bodensee 2019 Day 12: Gündelbach to Viernheim
We were so tired last night that we went to bed at 8:30pm. Our cunning plan to leave really early this morning was foiled by the fact we woke up first at 6:30am. More than nine hours’ sleep each was very refreshing! Despite waking a bit later than planned, we were still ready to head… Continue reading Bodensee 2019 Day 12: Gündelbach to Viernheim
Bodensee 2019 Day 11: Eislingen to Gündelbach
Our plan was to leave early this morning to try to beat the worst of the hot weather, and this was pretty successful as we breakfasted at 06:30 and were out of the door by 07:10. However we had the traditional 10 minutes’ explanation about velomobiles to some of the other hotel guests who were… Continue reading Bodensee 2019 Day 11: Eislingen to Gündelbach
Bodensee 2019 Day 10: Bad Buchau to Eislingen
Monday morning, but today I didn’t have to get up at 5:30am to go to work… but I got up at 5:30am so we could get on the road early. We were ready to leave by 7am and as the Ferienwohnung didn’t offer breakfast we knew we would just pick something up on the way.… Continue reading Bodensee 2019 Day 10: Bad Buchau to Eislingen
Bodensee 2019 Day 9: Tettnang to Bad Buchau
Our Sunday morning started in a very relaxed manner, with breakfast on the balcony. Last night we had bats whizzing around whilst we sat on the balcony which was lovely. Tim suggested we left all the washing up and clearing up for him to do later, which was very kind! We aren’t very good guests… Continue reading Bodensee 2019 Day 9: Tettnang to Bad Buchau
Bodensee 2019 Day 8: Konstanz to Tettnang
After a good night’s sleep, it was time for the household of velomobilists (6 of us) to have breakfast, and once again Anna had prepared a great spread! Before setting off we did a few bits of bike maintenance. I pumped up Millie’s tyres (as I had guessed, they had reduced from 110psi to about… Continue reading Bodensee 2019 Day 8: Konstanz to Tettnang
Bodensee 2019 Day 7: Koblenz (CH) to Konstanz
We have been on tour for nearly a week now! And today we reached Bodensee, the official goal of our tour! Here is our track for today. We enjoyed a full breakfast with Jos and Marian. We are very grateful for their hospitality and hope we can return it some day. We then set off… Continue reading Bodensee 2019 Day 7: Koblenz (CH) to Konstanz