To recap, the weather forecast was terrible with heavy rain starting just after 8am. I intended to get out of here early, and back up to the path at the top of the steep hill. I slept through my alarm and woke to the sound of heavy rain. Good start. Luckily, my tent is big …
A nice day beckoned and I was determined to enjoy it. Pity I needed a sleep in, after watching too much Ted Lasso last night. I’d also misplaced a riding glove in the scramble to unpack in the middle of yesterday’s rain. There is a Decathlon store in Aachen, only a few kms out of …
Today was expected to have a few showers but recently, that’s become the norm. Light shower, dry out, etc. so it hasn’t been a major hassle. I was intending to make it to Monschau in Germany but that was weather dependent. The hotel was great. As always, I dried my tent in the bathroom overnight. …
Everything was damp because of the humidity and cloud cover today, so I took it easy over muesli and coffee and waited for the sun to make a difference. It barely did a thing. I thought I’d go towards Maastricht today. That keeps more options open for the coming days. I’d just made it out …
thats the Dutch / Belgian border above – where the hedge ends. Story below. After the late night, it was a late morning with breakfast and coffee. Once again, it was just wonderful to catch up with Eric and Petra. We should go riding some time, but I think they love hills too much 😁 …
This morning, I had a newly serviced bike with a new suspension seatpost so it felt a bit like Christmas. While it was sad to say goodbye to Paul and Marlies, I was looking forward to the next part of this adventure. I had been here for four nights and wasn’t yet tired of Paul’s …
I had a rotten night’s sleep after pumping up the sleeping mat twice but I’ve been there before and I’ll sort it out. I decided instead of camping, that I’d try and stay with a warmshowers host, and as luck would have it, a host in Gouda was happy to have me stay. I received …
Last night at the campground, I spoke to a great South African / Russian couple, Martin and Olga. They are interesting people who’ve travelled widely and have done some interesting things like driving an old London cab across Europe and up to the German peninsula north of Murmansk – with a rooftop tent bolted on. …
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I had a fantastic couple of days with Maddy and Jack in Zwolle. I haven’t seen them for more than 15 years and the days were just full of talking and laughing. What lovely people, enjoying life in a very nice part of the world. We rode to town and picked up a few things …
It was about time I left Groningen. I’d been here 3 nights and thoroughly enjoyed the place. Unfortunately, it was a bit overcast and humid this morning, so the tent etc. was wet for packup. I was underway at about 9am (happy with that) and had nearly 100kms to get to Zwolle (NOT happy with …
