Packing up
1 maart 2024, Duitsland ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Prepping Schopper for the road, getting the saddles mounted up.
Hof a good trip!
6 maart 2024, Duitsland ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C
As ready as I can be. Loaded up on my goodbyes with lovely neighbors to head out from my Hof, now with Schopper!
Bremen Domplatz
6 maart 2024, Duitsland ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
Got to visit as a tourist!
On to the Weserradweg!
6 maart 2024, Duitsland ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
This is a nice river to follow along into the heartland. Nice to go past houses I have previously lived in over the many years.
First break
6 maart 2024, Duitsland ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
A first break after cycling along the wind. Is it always only really headwinds? :-) Feeling good on the bike though, this is nice to be on the move - and enjoying a nice home made sandwich!
Bench at the Weserhang
6 maart 2024, Duitsland ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Small break for my small po. A chance to ponder where to sleep.
First camp
6 maart 2024, Duitsland ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
Nice little spot by the river, just off Verden. This is within sniffing distance of where my bicycle was manufactured, I think in Hoya.
Mission begins!
7 maart 2024, Duitsland ⋅ ☁️ 2 °C
The clear skies from last night have disappeared. Got to pack up in the grey damp. Ugh, some soup first.
I get going because I am on a mission today. My air mattress popped it's baffles on the firstMeer informatie
Where he was born
7 maart 2024, Duitsland ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C
Hartje, where my bicycle Schopper was built, turns out to be on the Weserradweg. Coincidence?
Got a coffee to linger close to here for a bit. Ended up gatecrashing an old ladies coffee club andMeer informatie
Plain green
7 maart 2024, Duitsland ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C
The flats that actually make this a beloved bike path. Just fine even for a grey day.
That's a bench!
7 maart 2024, Duitsland ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C
On the hunt for the best benches in the country!
Moo
7 maart 2024, Duitsland ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
Rolling by the river
7 maart 2024, Duitsland ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
CCR is a great band!
On a mission
7 maart 2024, Duitsland ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
Still many miles to meander to Minden, so making use of the straights. Mission Minden!
Rough road fans
7 maart 2024, Duitsland ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Road getting a bit rough in parts, but the clouds part to keep the mission going!
Birds everywhere
7 maart 2024, Duitsland ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
So many birds all around. Will have to keep my binoculars handy.
Mission Minden!
7 maart 2024, Duitsland ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
Made it to Minden, the promised land of the outdoor shop, with 20 minutes to spare. Snapped up a new exped, and the guy was good enough to throw in a neat discount.
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Dark & chill scouting in Porta
7 maart 2024, Duitsland ⋅ 🌙 5 °C
With no good places visible, and no place to camp and it being already dark, I figured I should worry. But that's difficult on a full stomach. So I just thanked Schopper for being a champ and rodeMeer informatie
River beach camp!
7 maart 2024, Duitsland ⋅ 🌙 3 °C
Whoa hey, found a beautiful sandy bar overlooking the river! Set up tent and the new mattress.
Clear skies, dry night, and a full hip flask. This is a great camp feeling!
MissionMeer informatie
Ice house
8 maart 2024, Duitsland ⋅ 🌙 -1 °C
Birds chirping, a red glow of the rising sun behind the river. Waking up in an ice house, the whole place is covered in ice crystals. Good thing is that nothing is wet. Though everything needs aMeer informatie
Clumpy green
8 maart 2024, Duitsland ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
Weird tree this all over the place. With no leaves, but spherical clumps of green. Not sure what this is.
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Ferry on line
8 maart 2024, Duitsland ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
This ferry let's you enjoy a boat and a cable car ride at the same time. Crazy engineering this.
Shadow
8 maart 2024, Duitsland ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
Swirley whirley
8 maart 2024, Duitsland ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C
Enjoying the big industrial structures standing out over the green plains. Here in Hamelin, the "sluices" make a nice swirley whirley pattern
Nuclear Night
8 maart 2024, Duitsland ⋅ 🌙 7 °C
The twin towers of the nuclear power station stand out over the surrounding plains, green and innocuous. I'm not in a protest, but I'm camping here anyway in the warm light of German sustainableMeer informatie