It was a slow start after a few too many beers in Caen, but after about five miles of flat cycle paths towards Ouisterham I’d shaken off the hangover.
Fécamp to Caen
This was the hardest morning of the ride so far. Setting off into pouring rain and driving wind, I was soaked within about five minutes of a big climb out of Fécamp
Le Tréport to Fécamp
What a difference the wind makes. Today the wind has dropped significantly and swung around to the east.
Boulogne-Sur-Mere to Le Treport
65 miles of cold, rain and wind did not make for a happy cyclist when I rode into Le Treport.
Dunkirk to Boulogne-Sur-Mere
Today was the first real cycling day of this trip. I thought I was being kind to myself and starting with a nice easy day. That turned out not to be the case.
Maurik to Rotterdam
On leaving the campsite outside Maurik I was soon back up on the dikes, following the river towards Rotterdam. The riverbanks are quite pretty along this stretch, although it is very, very flat. Having cycled along the dikes for a few hours, I kind of understand the whole windmill thing now. Being totally flat, the […]
Cologne to Xanten and on to Maurik
Day 12 began pleasantly, cycling along the river bank through Cologne. The weather was warm, even early in the day, but the riding was pretty easy so not much of an issue so far. The river bank passes behind the famous cathedral which was hit 14 times by bombs during the second world war. It’s […]
Koblenz to Cologne
Well I hadn’t had a puncture for a few days……until very first thing this morning, before I’d even left the campsite. I had locked my bike in a secure cage on the site over night, but by the time I got it back to my pitch to load up, the front was flat. So off […]
Bacharach to Koblenz
Having woken at 5am, the first thing on my mind was a bath. So I leapt out of bed and almost fell over. Somehow in the night my legs had decided that they had had enough. Staggering to the bathroom I managed to run a bath and soaked for a good hour. It was bliss […]
Karlsruhe to Speyer and on to Bacharach
As I am way behind on blogging and these two days were fairly uneventful I have combined them into one. The plan for day 8 was to have a fairly easy ride to Speyer, dump the tent and bike at a campsite about a mile outside town and walk back into town for something to […]