Despite the threatening clouds, there was just enough blue sky to make a sailor’s trousers. Here in the West Midlands, […]
Archive for ‘UK and Europe 2015’
Eurvelo 15 Cycling along the Rhine River from Hook of Holland to Basel in Switzerland, through Netherlands, Germany, France and Switzerland
A week in Switzerland around Lucerne
Eurovelo 6 Cycling along the Danube River from the Bodensee to Budapest Hungary via Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Slovakia
Riding through Belgium and Holland
Across the UK from Harwich to Fishguard with a week in a narrow boat
Cycling around Ireland from Rosslare to Cork via Dublin, Galway and Killarney.
Eurovelo 1 the French section called The Velodysee from Rosscoff to Bordeaux- heavenly cycling!
Great Tits in Osgathorpe
After an energetic ramble through the local forest, I was relaxing in the comfy chair sipping homemade elderflower champagne enjoying […]
Cambridge, Canals and Warmshowers
In clearing weather Cambridge City was easy to cycle into courtesy of a designated bicycle path. Swarms of students, crowds […]
Summertime
Wafer-thin Vladimir approached me slowly with a heavy snub-nosed hammer; “You could use this to knock in the pegs”. Trailing […]
Back in the Netherlands,
Antwerp was in such a furious hurray: It was as if they couldn’t decide what to build and what to […]
Blue Skies in Bruges
In Passchendaele, the dead sleep well beneath manicured lawns. The unknown soldiers receive dozens of daily visitors, like Peter Pan […]
In Flanders Fields
Our tour of Flanders (Belgium) continued up and over the wall into Geraardsbergen where we were rewarded with a Mattenstaart. […]
Back Roads to Belgium and Beyond
From Budapest, we took a local train from Keleti station to Gyor close to the Hungarian border where we were […]
Out There!
Cycle touring is rarely a linear pursuit. Getting There is half the fun and often involves taking a convoluted route: […]
Budapest
The House of Terror Museum is located at 60 Andrassy Street Budapest in an unobtrusive renaissance-style building that was the […]
Cycle Touring Australia and Beyond 