Avebury
2023年8月3日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Earlyish start to catch as much sunshine as we can. Return to the military zone, and have a very muddy ride. Luckily no active shooting practice. Miss a turn but finally make it out. Nice ride toもっと詳しく
Very rainy rest day
2023年8月2日, イングランド ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
Tired legs and lots of rain calls for a rest day. Do very little. Kind of nice.
Stonehenge
2023年8月1日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Nice ride to Salisbury and viewed the Cathedral. Next was Old Sarum (we love our ruins). More hilly countryside to get to Stonehenge. Interesting pile of rocks. Our route to campground deviates as weもっと詳しく
Into Hampshire
2023年7月31日, イングランド ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
Lots of rain and wind over night but managed to pack up a dry tent. Quiet farm roads to Winchester. Stop for some tarts and then explore. Lunch tucked under a tree near Cathedral. Misty ride up aもっと詳しく
Quiet roads and rain
2023年7月30日, イングランド ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
Left the hostel in brilliant blue sky. Lovely ride to Farnham and explored the Keep. Skies cloud and then open up. Still nice riding through countryside. Campground near old coal engine train.
Through Surrey hills
2023年7月29日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Short day mileage wise but long with lots of single track paths. Stay dry after morning showers. Stay in a lovely hostel!
A hilly ride through Kent
2023年7月28日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Left our hosts and set out heading west. Riding mainly on small country, and hills roads. Ride through a park/golf course full of deer. Nice castle at the end. Camp in a large field.
A quick tour of Londom
2023年7月27日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Using our generous WarmShowers host as a base took the train in to London. Lots of walking!
A real rest day
2023年7月26日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Our host, Caroline, offered their garden for longer to allow us to rest. We were not about to pass that up. Did some route planning and bike cleaning. Doug also helped harvest honey. A little walk toもっと詳しく
Westward
2023年7月25日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Wake to a beautiful blue sky. Get our first view of the North Sea and looming clouds. Which of course open up on us. Seek shelter and wait it out. Continue on towards Rochester Castle. Push on to ourもっと詳しく
Canterbury
2023年7月24日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Getting used to riding on the opposite side of the road as we ride through the countryside (more wheat fields) to Canterbury. Decide to invest in a England heritage pass to ensure we stop and seeもっと詳しく
Hello England
2023年7月23日, イングランド ⋅ 🌬 21 °C
Pack up and head to the ferry. Incredibly long wait amongst cars and caravans to get through all customs. Bumpy ride over. Land in Dover and pass Dover Castle. Rolling hillside to nice campground inもっと詳しく
To the Channel
2023年7月22日, フランス ⋅ 🌬 19 °C
Left after having our breakfast stalked by a gang of baby chickens. Stop in Saint Omer to view ruined cathedral and one still standing. Pastries of course and continue northward to Calais. Very windyもっと詳しく
I hate wind
2023年7月21日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
What should have been an easy ride along the canals was way more challenging with headwinds. Day started with baby peacocks and a gang of baby chickens trying to eat our breakfast. Sun was out thoughもっと詳しく
Onto France
2023年7月20日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Calm winds and relatively clear sky as we head out on lovely bike path. Cruise along towards France, barely noticing that we cross the border. Wind around Lille and head off route to campground
Flanders
2023年7月19日, ベルギー ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Continue along past canals, odd art work and shrines of cycling. No need to go up ‘the wall’. Lots of elevation on cobbles. Another night with warm showers host.
Huevel= hilly
2023年7月18日, ベルギー ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Easy start to the day as we head south of Brussels. Sunny day gets cloudy but not windy for a change. Follow a few marked routes and later realize that Hueval (one of the routes we are following )もっと詳しく
Brussels
2023年7月17日, ベルギー ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
A little more complicated trip via public transportation but make it to Brussels. Lovely city with historic buildings everywhere. Seems many important dignitaries are in town as well. Eat frites andもっと詳しく
Leuven
2023年7月16日, ベルギー ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Decided to take advantage of inexpensive campsite and proximity to a few cities and so some sightseeing. First, Leuven, a small university city that happened to be hosting a volleyball tournament.もっと詳しく
Belgium is not flat
2023年7月15日, ベルギー ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Day starts sunny but clouds up quickly. Wind is blowing hard and not in our favor. More riding through fruit orchards and wheat fields. Ride on almost every imaginable surface and then hit someもっと詳しく
Doug’s Birthday
2023年7月14日, ベルギー ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Unable to make it to France to celebrate Bastille Day (and Doug’s birthday) so Belgium had to do. Sunny but windy day and the riding was relatively easy. A few introductions to hills. Nice coffeeもっと詳しく
Goodbye Maas. Hello Belgium
2023年7月13日, ベルギー ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
A very blustery day but not in our favor. Sun with rain showers seems to be the weather for us. A few more ferries and then we head west into Belgium.
A rest day of sorts
2023年7月12日, オランダ ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Very stormy night and the winds were brutal in the morning. Opted to rest and focus on fixing the noise in my bike. After Doug’s valiant attempt, took it to a bike shop. 15 minutes of magic and itもっと詳しく
Back to the Maas
2023年7月11日, オランダ ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
A warm day spent amongst forests and along the river. 3 ferry day.
Farmlands and away from canals
2023年7月10日, オランダ ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Shortish day to get back to the Maas route. Lovely cycling weather. Cycle infrastructure is amazing as we continue to follow the “nodes”. Sort of like connect the dots but with numbers thatもっと詳しく