Headwind of force 4-5 along most of the 28km of the dyke between Enkhuizen and Lelystad was hard! We never really got above 12km/h. At least it remained dry all day. At ‘landfall’ in Lelystad we were pleasantly surprised by a replica of the Batavia, a famous Dutch trading ship of the 17th century. Since … Read more
Much better weather, the sun was even shining. We cycled through the ultimate Dutch countryside today, including some high, and therefore steep, bridges for non- motorised traffic. Our first break was in Opmeer with it’s quaint little former town hall and an amazingly traditional bakery: I had to call to be served and then the … Read more
Pleasant start of the day at Robin and Jill’s, even went for a walk with the dogs. They found this interesting water fowl. We kept watching the weather and forecast to find the best gap to set off, in the end we realised this was futile. Robin came with us the first 15km to the … Read more
Took the train to Schiphol and then cycled to my brother‘s, somehow I almost always have a bike with me when I visit. In principle everything went well with the trains, two changes and enough time to allow for the delays. The lifts in Düsseldorf were too small for bikes, however, so we had to … Read more
Cycled the first 15 km to Mühldorf to meet up with Phil, who re-joined me by train from Ottobrunn. Used the opportunity to amble through the beautiful centre, and then had to go up a 14% climb to get to the station, which I actually managed to cycle (with luggage) – a little bit proud … Read more
Archetypical autumnal morning on a river: fog. That also meant it was fairly cool, still. Although I was cycling along the official Inn bike path, cycling was not always allowed or easy. Schärding is quite a pretty town, very colourful. In this part the Inn cycle path mainly runs on dams, but there are still … Read more
Due to poor preparation I had not realised until the night before, that the garden show is on top of a mountain! So we changed our plans and did not cycle there, but took a taxi. The garden show was not as large as the one two years ago in Ingolstadt, but we both enjoyed … Read more
Phil and I had wanted to see the Landesgartenschau (garden show) in Freyung all summer, but this is now the last weekend… our last chance. So we took the train to Passau, where we arrived just before 17:00. Not long before the sun sets this time of year. We had booked a hotel in Röhrnbach, … Read more
It spat a couple of times during the day, but never enough to even think about rain gear – very unlike apparently in Ottobrunn, where they cancelled a planned bike tour. Ah well, sometimes you have to be to the right side of the clouds. Spent the morning mooching about Landshut. When we got into … Read more
Good breakfast, early start, dry all day – that’s the way I like it. The headwind was survivable. About twelve years ago Alex, Phil and I cycled down the Isar, I did stretches in the other direction today. Basically nothing has changed, the route is beautiful, but it is difficult to find anything to eat … Read more