Author: Sid

In which Sid and Doris visit the house of the Widow Anna Amalia and the Hohe Pappeln arhitect’s home though not the Bauhaus Museum to which people are flocking.

In which Sid and Doris ride a mucky lane to find the Merchants’ Road into Weimar.

In which Sid and Doris ride into Eastern Germany, and Sid waves at aged guys on aged, smokey tractors, until he realises these are not the ironic toys of collectors.

In which Sid and Doris ride east in the rain, just days behind a storm that has left plenty of signs of floods.

In which Sid and Doris see gritty, industrial Germany and are surprised to visit a Hindu temple on an industrial estate.

In which Sid and Doris have their first day in Germany and learn how quiet Sundays can be.

In which Sid and Doris cross moorland and countryside they had no inkling of to arrive at the site of a poorly planned battle, A Bridge Too Far.

In which Sid and Doris do tourism in the first foreign country of their journey (of how many they do not yet know).

In which Sid and Doris discover bicycle priority and the cut and thrust of Dutch cycling.

In which Sid and Doris ride from Bishop’s Stortford to Harwich to stand on the cold dockside with other intrepid riders.