Chapelle baton

Long hot day into a head wind. Error to set off at 0830 due east on a long straight busy and fast road. But survived😟. Lovely windmill amongst the vines. Then to follow a couple of valleys headingMeer informatie
La Roche Posay

Local knowledge took me on an excellent network of car free backroads for 25k, the briefly joined the EuroVelo 3 again atop an impressive viaduct . Unfortunately the bike track petered out as quicklyMeer informatie
Beaugency

Big day today making the most of the wind swinging round to the south and later the west- heralding a change in weather to come... so "make hay whilst the sun shines" they say...
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fontainebleau

Rain!! Heavy first thing so delayed start, and jacket on. Jacket lasted all but 5mins as the clouds rolled back and the sun reappeared. More Loire side cycle ways of excellent quality- some run alongMeer informatie
Sezanne

Flat fast and flies. And forgettable. I spent an hour wandering around the gardens of the chateau at Fontainebleau which were lovely ( and free) so decided not to pay the dosh to look at some fustyMeer informatie
Rheims

Dreich day here - the rain caught up with me- although the worst of it was before and after. 70k of cycling feels ( and should be) a rest day, so time to have a brief "degustation " of the fizzy stuffMeer informatie
Givet

A day of 2 halves although each half would have made a reasonable whole on another trip. Firstly, I discovered this was another French bank holiday.* I cycled 90+ k in the morning and saw NOTHING openMeer informatie
Liege

A very very wet day. Followed the Meuse cycle path over the undefined border into Belgium and onwards. Dinnat was pretty cool and apparently where Alberto Sax- of saxophone fame- is from: who saidMeer informatie
Horn

really difficult to get started this morning.the rain had continued all night and was not looking like easing up. Warmshowers host Mark didn't make it any easier as I faffed about. Good news though,Meer informatie
Arnhem

After a quiet night in the hotel watching the "Ladies of Horn play Bingo" ( if there ever was a euphemism...) I had a leisurely start as I'd dropped my bike off for a service down at Heel. GreatMeer informatie
Rijssen

Fantastic Warmshowers hosting and ready to go after daughter Merel introduced me to standard Dutch breakfast- chocolate sprinkles sandwiches!! Now need to head east and into Germany but trying to holdMeer informatie
Amsterdam

The worlds best kept secret (?) : Ewen and Kerry had promised to take Hels away to a mystery destination for her birthday and guess what- its Amsterdam and the surprise guest is me! Lovely to see theMeer informatie
Arnhem

Fantastic weekend break in Amsterdam with Helen, Kerry & Ewen. Hired a boat to cruise the canals in the morning- far less stressful than riding a bike in the city! Then lunch in the sun and some hardMeer informatie
Lastrup

leisurely start today as I had to wait til after rush hour to get myself and bike back to Rijssen, my last point. By the time I got there it was 11 and I was well caffeinated. Again , another thankMeer informatie
Bremen

Almost forgettable ride here today. Flat. Strong cold north westerlies with the threat of heavy showers that never quite materialised. Alongside a busy A road that was nose to tail lorries for theMeer informatie
Hamburg

A repeat of yesterday but 40k longer! Good cycle paths, in general . Cold. Windy. And then Hamburg: the biggest conurbation I pass through on this trip. I approached via the docks which, though notMeer informatie
Bad Malente

That's more like it!! Had a much better nights sleep in the dorm than expected - my Brum chums were impressively quiet at whatever time they returned. I was helped by a few beers required in myMeer informatie
Aabenraa

Long day in the saddle today as cycling conditions were near perfect and accomodation options were limited. Meandered my way out of the Funfseen ( and various back gardens) on gravel then head down onMeer informatie
Give

Today was mainly about cycling. Scorchio but a moderate easterly wind kept the brakes on most of the day. Nice stops at Haderslev ( coffee) kolding ( castle, coffee) and vejle( lunch)- and to look atMeer informatie
Randers

Lovely weather once again-wall to wall blue sky, warm- hot, even- but that ever present north easterly head wind ... straight onto some gravel tracks through some lovely undulating heath land. Not aMeer informatie
Frederickshavn/ Gothenburg

Fantastic warm showers hosts set me up for the day- though it was difficult leaving the breakfast table.... Decided today was the day to get my chain and casette changed, so detoured to Fri Bike inMeer informatie
Gothenburg/ Munkedal

Rest day!! Late arrival into Gothenburg (Sweden!!) by ferry. The scariest bit of cycling so far was getting off the ferry. Normally you'd be pleased to be allowed off first but as HGV after HGV piledMeer informatie
Munkendal

my cunning plan worked out well and I was back in Gothenburg Central with the commuter traffic by 9am. Blue skies and south westerlies too: result!! Getting quite used to amazing cycle paths : gettingMeer informatie
Sarpsborg- 🇳🇴

Tough headwind had me digging deep for the first 50k. Pretty soulless riding mainly alongside the main road across wide open plains with occasional granite intrusions. In another life I'd have beenMeer informatie
Oslo

Similar day to yesterday , really . (Arguably quite similar to the last 40....). Got up, ate as much as is feasible from the buffet breakfast then went cycling. Head wind , sunny, cool. Lots of sharedMeer informatie
ReizigerGreat pics!