We rise at 08h00 to not disturb our hosts too early. After a leisurely chat over breakfast we pack and get ready to leave greeting our hosts and extending the invitation to visit us so we can reciprocate. As you can see I am dwarfed by the pro rugby players and even shorter than Mathilda, […]
We had a ride on the TGV to Metz. On arrival we were kindly offered accommodation by one of the waitresses at Cafe Emporium at the station. We arrived in Metz at 22h30 and enquired from Virginie were we could find an auberge or hostel to sleep the night and like in biblical times she […]
After a good supper and a sangria at a boulangerie we found a good campsite and with only 25 km to Seraing we leave around 08h00 and get to the start at Seraing around 09h30. This means I get a great spot on the start line. The start is only at midday but a lot […]
Can we beat the tour to Huy!!! We cross the border into Belgium at a good pace after an early start. Today would turn itself upside down. After 26km we arrived in Turnhout and decided to have a farewell breakfast with Dirk after no supper and no breakfast yet. It turned out to be a […]
I did not think we would actually connect but after taking 5 trains Dirk Mehring managed to reach Utrecht yesterday. It was impossible to find him on TT day with millions of people watching it on the course. I did however meet him at the Jaarbeurs near the finish and he joined us for dinner […]
If you think only the riders get nervous before the start think again. It is really tough being an avid supporter!!! Wake up really early, shower, breakfast, race on your bike to reach the good spot (previously scouted of course), then spend the whole day in a state of great excitement, eat very little, drink […]
I did not get up so early as my hosts are not early risers so by the time they started moving around for Floris to get ready for school I had dozed a few times. It was actually well appreciated by my body after the wild camping on a thin mattress it was loving the […]
I set off from Hook of Holland at 05h00 because the heat from the previous day continued through into the night and mercifully the morning is slightly cooler. We follow the cycle paths that network through Holland and are very well marked. This is cycling paradise as the bicycle is the highest ranked vehicle on […]
I wake up to this sun rise greeting me at 03h30 in Harwich. Exited about the next part of my adventure I brew an early coffee and start a leisurely pack up. My ferry only departs at 09h00 and I want to be on time. Of course the opposite then happens, the ferry only leaves […]
Fore most in my mind is to make a more permanent repair to the pannier rack so as soon as we pass an MOT workshop in Kelvedon that is just about to open I rush and ask to use some of his tools and equipment. Craig from London Road Garage, Kelvedon Essex CO5 9AU, kindly […]