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- Sunday, December 13, 2015 at 9:05 PM
- ⛅ 6 °C
- Altitude: 49 m
GermanyGraf-Adolf-Place51°12’50” N 6°46’55” E
Saturday Morning, Düsseldorf
December 13, 2015 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
Saturday morning in Düsseldorf. The washing is done, time for a bike ride to Holland. It's a little grey and drizzly, but nothing too extreme. This will be the first bike ride without being able toRead more
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- Sunday, December 13, 2015 at 9:09 PM
- ⛅ 6 °C
- Altitude: 33 m
- GermanyIn der Meer51°15’1” N 6°41’27” E
Meerbusch
December 13, 2015 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
As planned, I make it to Meerbusch. From here I want to go to Willich, however I'm on the road to Kaarst. Kaarst isn't on my map and I'm not sure if it's the right direction. I start to question myRead more
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- Sunday, December 13, 2015 at 9:11 PM
- ⛅ 6 °C
- Altitude: 43 m
- GermanyKaarst51°13’27” N 6°37’2” E
Kaarst
December 13, 2015 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
In any case, I carry on to Kaarst.
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- Sunday, December 13, 2015 at 9:15 PM
- ⛅ 6 °C
- Altitude: 30 m
- GermanyBüttgerwald51°13’44” N 6°32’3” E
Geese for Sale
December 13, 2015 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
Geese for sale and I'm lost.
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- Sunday, December 13, 2015 at 9:19 PM
- ⛅ 6 °C
- Altitude: 40 m
- GermanyKorschenbroich51°11’48” N 6°30’44” E
Korschenbroich
December 13, 2015 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
Pentair. Where have I heard that name before?
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- Sunday, December 13, 2015 at 9:23 PM
- ☁️ 6 °C
- Altitude: 54 m
- GermanyMönchengladbach51°10’50” N 6°26’34” E
Mönchengladbach
December 13, 2015 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C
From Korschenbroich I follow a sign to Mönchengladbach. The centre is swarming with football fans wearing black and green. I don't stop and take a picture; I realise I've been heading south-west,Read more
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- Sunday, December 13, 2015 at 9:28 PM
- ⛅ 6 °C
- Altitude: 38 m
- GermanyViersen51°15’20” N 6°23’47” E
Viersen
December 13, 2015 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
Viersen. I find a sign for Viersen and realise it's a stop off point on my homemade map. I have but a few hours of sunlight left, so I have to get a move on. I don't know my way to Roermond, so VenloRead more
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- Sunday, December 13, 2015 at 9:32 PM
- ⛅ 6 °C
- Altitude: 50 m
- GermanyViersen51°15’27” N 6°22’55” E
Utopia
December 13, 2015 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
A buss station. Utopia. Quite!
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- Sunday, December 13, 2015 at 9:34 PM
- ⛅ 6 °C
- Altitude: 62 m
- GermanyDülken51°15’15” N 6°20’29” E
Dülken
December 13, 2015 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
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- Sunday, December 13, 2015 at 9:35 PM
- ⛅ 6 °C
- Altitude: 39 m
- GermanyLobberich51°17’10” N 6°17’1” E
Dyck
December 13, 2015 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
Lost in Dyck and the light -- in so far as there was any -- is starting to fade.
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- Sunday, December 13, 2015 at 9:38 PM
- ⛅ 6 °C
- Altitude: 46 m
- GermanyLobberich51°18’27” N 6°16’40” E
Lobberich
December 13, 2015 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
In Lobberich I see a bike sign for Venlo and start to feel optimistic for the first time in hours. Still, the sun is really starting to fade now, and I know to get to the Netherlands I have to passRead more
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- Sunday, December 13, 2015 at 9:48 PM
- ⛅ 6 °C
- Altitude: 49 m
- GermanyHinsbeck51°20’7” N 6°16’33” E
Hinsbeck
December 13, 2015 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
I get to Hinsbeck and the tyre is deflated now to the point where I can no longer side down and ride. I have to get off and walk. I'm in two minds, head back to Lobberich or walk the remaining 10 KmRead more
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- Sunday, December 13, 2015 at 9:52 PM
- ⛅ 6 °C
- Altitude: 46 m
- GermanyLobberich51°18’27” N 6°16’40” E
Lobberich
December 13, 2015 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
I walk back to Lobberich in the dark and chain my bike up on the square in front of the church. Now what? I entre a Italian restaurant and ask for directions to the nearest train station. 'There isn'tRead more
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- Sunday, December 13, 2015 at 9:55 PM
- ⛅ 6 °C
- Altitude: 48 m
- GermanyFongern51°17’41” N 6°14’30” E
Breyell
December 13, 2015 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
I get to Breyell , buy a beer and wonder what to do about my bike. It's chained up, with a flat tyre, miles from Düsseldorf. It doesn't fit in my car, I don't have a pump, the shops are all closed onRead more
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- Sunday, December 13, 2015 at 9:58 PM
- ⛅ 6 °C
- Altitude: 48 m
- GermanyMonument Dusseldorf51°13’40” N 6°46’24” E
Düsseldorf, Saturday Night
December 13, 2015 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
An hour later and I'm back in Düsseldorf. The train, strangely, follows roughly the same route I had on my bike, stopping at both Viersen and Mönchengladbach.
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- Sunday, December 13, 2015 at 10:01 PM
- ⛅ 6 °C
- Altitude: 49 m
- GermanyGraf-Adolf-Place51°12’50” N 6°46’55” E
Düsseldorf, Sunday Afternoon
December 13, 2015 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
A late start, and the weather has deteriorated with the rain a little heavier today. But I find a bike pump (two actually) in the new apartment, and decide I better finish what I've started. I put theRead more
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- Sunday, December 13, 2015 at 10:03 PM
- ⛅ 6 °C
- Altitude: 48 m
- GermanyFongern51°17’41” N 6°14’29” E
Breyell
December 13, 2015 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
An hour after leaving Düsseldorf, I'm back in Breyell.
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- Sunday, December 13, 2015 at 10:06 PM
- ⛅ 6 °C
- Altitude: 38 m
- GermanyNett-Bruch51°18’11” N 6°15’6” E
White Heron
December 13, 2015 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
I walk from Breyell, through the wet, flat countryside, to Lobberich. I see a white heron. A white heron? A White heron, really?
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- Sunday, December 13, 2015 at 10:12 PM
- ⛅ 6 °C
- Altitude: 46 m
- GermanyLobberich51°18’27” N 6°16’40” E
Lobberich
December 13, 2015 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
Back in Lobberich. Pump, pump, pump.
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- Sunday, December 13, 2015 at 10:13 PM
- ⛅ 6 °C
- Altitude: 49 m
- GermanyHinsbeck51°20’7” N 6°16’33” E
Hinsbeck
December 13, 2015 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
I'm back in Hinsbeck, the little village I made it to the day before before turning around. It's dark again! I had two inflated tyres, which is more than I had the day previous, but I still need toRead more
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- Sunday, December 13, 2015 at 10:20 PM
- ⛅ 6 °C
- Altitude: 28 m
- GermanyHinsbecker Bruch51°20’55” N 6°15’32” E
Glabbacher Bruch
December 13, 2015 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
I'm in the forest, and yes it's dark.
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- Sunday, December 13, 2015 at 10:23 PM
- ⛅ 7 °C
- Altitude: 18 m
NetherlandsVenlo51°22’13” N 6°10’21” E
