Category Archives: travel blog

As most people know by now I’m back in Cambridge after my mega bike trip. I managed to bring my bike back, from my apartment in Les Gets, where I left it after last years ride out there. To fit … Continue reading →

Before leaving home I had carefully plotted and loaded into my GPS a Harwich to Cambridge route on Bikely, avoiding all towns and main roads. It proved an excellent route, although one part was down a track, but I was … Continue reading →

Today was the final Rhine day where The Rhine meets the North Sea, although a long time ago it met the River Thames and wound its way through what is now The English Channel to meet The Atlantic. I did … Continue reading →

Today I finally made it to The Netherlands leaving Germany behind when I crossed on the ferry at Millingen aan de Rijn. I did the 77.6miles at 10.1mph on another really hot day, consuming 1 litre of Apple juice in … Continue reading →

Today’s 68.8miles at 10.4mph was the classical Rhine trip as advertised to thousands by coach and river cruise companies. Cycling through the German Rhine gorge with the vine’s extending up the sides of the river, beautiful schloss etc perched on … Continue reading →

The Vater Hotel managed to screw up the internet connection on my Eee, by making the default gateway on the Eee their own server   so after staying there I was unable to access the internet! coupled with T-mobile not … Continue reading →

A day in the blazing heat riding along the exposed top of the dam that holds The Rhine into a navigable river, its all very reminiscent of fenland rivers, alongside the main river are poulders which  are flooded when the … Continue reading →

My first day without having to engage the lowest set of gears Pretty well flat and alongside the river most of the day. The first part was wandering through the container port and industrial area of Basel. Then I entered … Continue reading →

>Today’s 73miles in 7hours brings me to the end of the first Rhein Radweg book, only another two to go! From now on the Rhine runs pretty well due North rather than going in the mega loop I’ve just done … Continue reading →