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
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Bodensee 2019 Day 6: Bamlach to Koblenz (CH)
Despite having been on tour for nearly a week, my sleeping schedule has not changed so I still am ready for bed at 9pm and wake up at 5:30am. Today when I looked out of the window horribly early I noticed that it had been raining last night – quite a lot in fact! So… Continue reading Bodensee 2019 Day 6: Bamlach to Koblenz (CH)
Bodensee 2019 Day 5: Appenweier to Bamlach
Day 5 of our tour and we have already got in the groove and it feels like we have been on the road for longer. Today was forecasted to be even hotter than yesterday, and this is not ideal for Klaus, so we decided to set off very early and get the majority of the… Continue reading Bodensee 2019 Day 5: Appenweier to Bamlach
Bodensee 2019 Day 4: Speyer to Appenweier
I slept well last night, Klaus needed to worship before the air conditioning unit in the middle of the night because he overheated, but overall it was a restful night after the hard day’s cycling. And today dawned, 18 June, which was my 48th birthday. I had lots of lovely messages on Facebook, WhatsApp etc,… Continue reading Bodensee 2019 Day 4: Speyer to Appenweier
Bodensee 2019 Day 3: Walluf to Speyer
Despite the threat of rain last night it had remained dry. I woke up early as always (5:00am) and read most of the Internet before Klaus woke. We decided to go for a short walk to the Rhein before breakfast. Just a few metres from our hotel was this bicycle ferry landing stage; I liked… Continue reading Bodensee 2019 Day 3: Walluf to Speyer
Bodensee 2019 Day 2: Drachenfels to Walluf
Day 2 of our tour started with a slightly cloudy sky but no sign of rain. Breakfast at the hotel started officially at 9am, which was a bit late as we were both up and dressed by 7:30 and keen to get going as we had 150km to ride today. So instead we packed everything… Continue reading Bodensee 2019 Day 2: Drachenfels to Walluf
Bodensee 2019 Day 1: Kempen to Drachenfels
So our summer Velomobile tour starts here! Long in planning (I think the first tracks were prepared in January), our first day of the tour would be a trip along the Rhein to Drachenfels, just south of Bonn and on the other side of the Rhein. We posted a list of our day stages on… Continue reading Bodensee 2019 Day 1: Kempen to Drachenfels
Grensland Tour, May/June 2019
As mentioned in my blog post from May 2019, Klaus and I planned to take part in the Grensland Tour organised by the Dutch Grensrijders on the 1st June. The tour would start from Posterholt in the Netherlands which is about 50km from home. We decided this was a bit far in one day, as… Continue reading Grensland Tour, May/June 2019
Nine Wheels in Germany – May 2019 (Month 62)
The year is almost halfway through already! Shocking! Velomobile stuff Of course and as usual, velomobile riding is an important part of our lives. Here is the list of rides that I have done this month, excluding the ride on 31 May (I am publishing this post on 30 May). That will be in a… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – May 2019 (Month 62)
Klaus’s Birthday Castle Tour – Arnhem to Kempen
Day 3 of our tour, and the last day. We had slept really well in our aircraft hangar. Cycle tours are wonderful for tiring you out! The B&B had suggested breakfast at 09:00 (not earlier) so we had a leisurely walk before breakfast where we went to the fence surrounding the Deelen airfield. We couldn’t… Continue reading Klaus’s Birthday Castle Tour – Arnhem to Kempen
Klaus’s Birthday Castle Tour – Leiden to Arnhem
Today was Klaus’s birthday. We had already arranged to cycle some of the way with chum Alex (who originally sold me Penelope the Versatile, and then bought friend Gabi’s Quest XS). He would be very near Leiden that morning so we would arrange to meet somehow. Klaus had planned a route, Alex planned another, then… Continue reading Klaus’s Birthday Castle Tour – Leiden to Arnhem
Klaus’s Birthday Castle Tour – Kempen to Leiden
Months ago Klaus said what he would really like to do for his birthday is a bike tour. So we decided to do one! As usual, our initial plans snowballed a bit, and we ended up with a three day tour, including a very long first day (a Friday). He wanted to cycle to the… Continue reading Klaus’s Birthday Castle Tour – Kempen to Leiden
Nine Wheels in Germany – April 2019 (Month 61)
I ended last month with the cliffhanger… what would happen at my meeting at the Ausländerbehörde (Foreigners Office) with regard to Brexit? Of course, Brexit was delayed from its original date of 29 March 2019, thus meaning that when I arrived for my appointment at the Kreishaus Viersen on 1 April (I had lived exactly… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – April 2019 (Month 61)
Easter 2019 Netherlands Tour
The Easter long weekend of 2019 turned out to have a rather good weather forecast. Rather good for bike touring!! Unfortunately, before the thought of touring had had much of a chance to get established, Emily (Klaus’s Quattrovelo) broke yet another weld in her rear suspension/axle/frame whilst we were out on a ride together. It… Continue reading Easter 2019 Netherlands Tour
Nine Wheels in Germany – March 2019 (Month 60)
I am writing this on 31 March. Until a few days ago I assumed I would no longer be an EU citizen on this date. But, hurrah, that is not the case! Tomorrow is my visit to the Ausländerbehörde, the Foreigners Office, in Viersen; hopefully there I will be able to get some kind of… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – March 2019 (Month 60)
Nine Wheels in Germany – February 2019 (Month 59)
Welcome to my February blog – the last before Brexit (or so it seems, we are not quite sure!) As usual, there’s been some cycling, and in fact February was much more successful than January in terms of riding distance, helped by the fact we had some cracking weather!! In total in February I rode… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – February 2019 (Month 59)
Nine Wheels in Germany – January 2019 (Month 58)
January isn’t generally a particularly high-mileage month, and this year was the same – also as I had the lurgy twice during that time, which included an entire week off work/no cycling. However, I managed to cycle to work every day that I worked, including a couple of very snowy days where it was a… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – January 2019 (Month 58)
Nine Wheels in Germany – December 2018 (Month 57)
Cycling this month This month has been a low cycling month due to a visit to the UK and also rather chilly weather! And here is where I actually rode: My total distance for the year was 7,522km and you can see below how it was divided up. There have been some good rides this… Continue reading Nine Wheels in Germany – December 2018 (Month 57)
Oliebollentocht 2018
Each year on 28 December there is a gathering of velomobiles for a group ride. I attended Oliebollentocht in 2016 in Dronten, 2017 in Rotterdam and then this year’s was just round the corner in Roermond. So of course we had it in our diaries for months! Klaus and I were joined by Fritz and… Continue reading Oliebollentocht 2018
Millie goes electric! Fitting a Bafang electric motor to a Milan GT Velomobile
Electric motors in recumbents Some time ago I electrified my ICE Sprint recumbent trike. This was to enable me to keep up with Klaus on his trike, a Wild One. Klaus was a faster rider than me, despite the Wild One being 6-7kg heavier than the ICE Sprint; this is of course down to biology… Continue reading Millie goes electric! Fitting a Bafang electric motor to a Milan GT Velomobile