Month: September 2014
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North Sea Cycle Route – Husum to Niebull
At last a fine day! the yellow Altura jacket didn’t even make a guest appearance. After a decent breakfast & long wait for a receptionist to appear I made my way slowly through the vast market which had popped up overnight in all the neighbouring streets. Incredibly busy streets and a laden bike make for…
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Biking to find Denmark
I set of, after my DIN standard breakfast at the b&b which incidentally was a reasonable £27 a night to make my way to Esbjerg and the ferry back to the UK. In my naivety I thought the day would mainly be in Denmark and hence I might be able to access a decent mobile…
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Biking The Elbe trail – Hamburg to the North Sea at Brunsbüttel
Today was the final day of me biking alongside The Elbe. I decided to keep to the East bank to Brunsbuttel as I wanted to cycle on into Denmark and the ferry from the West bank across the mouth is meant to be very irregular. At Sandra’s suggestion I visited the ‘New Hamburg. HafenCity is in the…
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Hamburg
Nothing much to report today, as if there is any day 🙂 A rather pleasant time pushing the very aptly named Smilla (9 months old) with beautiful ‘pausbackem‘ apple cheeks in Danish or for me chubby chops 🙂 around the Alster river lake for a couple of hours. I refound the Jody bike shop and…
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Day 10 on The Elbe Biketrail – Geesthacht to Hamburg
After last nights heavy rain & thunderstorms this morning was shrouded in thick mist. Today was going to be a short biking day so I thought I would go easy on the breakfast 🙂 although it’s incredibly hard to resist the brown bread rolls covered in sunflower seeds. I eventually left at half past ten,…
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Biking The Elbe Day 9 – Mödlich to Geesthacht
Another glorious autumnal day 🙂 The tyre stayed up after my latest attempt at fixing the puncture in the front tyre. I pedalled across to the main hotel for a full on breakfast. It’s going to be interesting to see how my weight has changed, once I get back home, from eating mega breakfasts, chocolate…
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Cycling Day 8 on The Elbe – Tangermünde to Mödlich
Weather wise an amazing perfect biking day especially with the wind coming from the South when I’m travelling North! Breakfast was an OK buffet so I was soon on my way to make a quick stop at Lidl and stock up on Rita chocolate and energy drink plus the obligatory banana. The first section was…
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Lazy day in Tangermüde
The only biking today was pedalling around the corner to take it into the Gerike bike repair shop to get the front light re-fixed after my small accident, actually they put it on in a much better position, and also to see if they could reset the rear derailleur as it has started to move two…
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Day 7 on The Elbe cycleway Pretzien to Tangermüde
A much better start to the day with fine weather an OK breakfast and missing out one of the Elbe’s horseshoe bends finding myself on the outskirts of Magdeburg in just over 1 hour, so pretty pleased that I stopped in Pretzien last night. I approached Magdeburg over the beautiful island park at Rotehorn on a perfect autumnal…
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Day 6 The Elbe Cycleway Listerfehrda to Pretzien
After a much better sleep and my Snorelab snore score halved from the previous night I woke to a very grey day & heavy drizzle. My spirits were lifted by the magnificent buffet breakfast spread & excellent personal jug of coffee. I’ve found the Landgasthof Sonneneck a perfect small hotel, friendly & efficient and the…