Breakfast was excellent, and we were away shortly after 9am and cycling in perfect conditions and gawking at beautiful scenery, but joined by loads of grumpy old people on eBikes. I’m hereby over them all. There’s no reason not to smile on a day like this ! We stopped in St. Goar for some pastries …
I was up and at ’em fairly early today. I don’t know why. I had no reason to do much this morning, as I’m meeting Miles and Clare at lunchtime beside the chairlift. Just up the road from the campsite is a supermarket, so I went there and loaded up with breakfast goodies, then queued …
Another damp, foggy start and another great day of riding. There was fog on the lake too. The lake in front of the campground is the flooded caldera from an extinct volcano. It was a day of two halves (thankyou Roy and HG) – I got the defence in order and the attack followed, … …
I really enjoyed staying in a nice warm hotel room. It was also a nice place, full of friendly people. I went for the room and half board which included breakfast and dinner. The surprising thing was that dinner was four courses. Wirtzfeld is German speaking, but just up the road they speak Flemish and …
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 …
