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21 April 2018
First time in Denmark for me and crossing the border was a very non-descript experience I have to say. Mind you, we crossed at a small country road into a National Park – and only passed a small shed-like building, which we only assume was an empty border crossing post. Through the national park, where […]
17 April 2018
Myself and Nigel are getting with the lingo in the Lower Saxony region of Germany. “Moin Moin” is the general greeting for hello, which we have been using to excess..greeting every pedestrian and cyclist we meet just to feel like we blend right in…! Anyway, after 7 hours of constant rain on Friday 13th, we […]
13 April 2018
So we are now 5 days into our camping experience and I am starting to feel like a professional! Mind you it is hard work – 60km on a bike and then get to destination to offload all our stuff, get set up, showered, something to eat, go to bed, get up in the morning, […]
7 April 2018
After our raucous evening and lively breakfast in Wassenaar it was back on the road relatively early …this is our new vocation after all! Headed off in blue skies and brilliant sunshine with Bairbre guiding us on the North Sea Coastal route. First stop was the North Atlantic Wall, built by the Germans in 1941 […]
4 April 2018
Essex you have redeemed yourself! We set off from Holiday Inn Express outside Colchester in sunshine and took quiet-ish roads the whole way to Harwich. This is what we had hoped for from day 1 – almost perfect cycling weather. (Thank you, Peter Vincent, for your tip on staying off the A120!) A few hills but […]
3 April 2018
Fuelled up with hot cross buns and fruit salad for breakfast (thanks Lindsey – who has been pretty amazing considering we only met her for the first time last night!), we packed up the bikes to head for Colchester. Packing the bikes and cycling seemed easier this morning…until we hit the hill at Danbury – […]