Pushing the envelope
OK that was a very interesting day.
Read more
Category: Cycling
What a wonderful language German is…
Mifter Bat: Look what I’ve fpotted!
Read more
Day 7 Geseke to Kassel
In which Sid and Doris ride east in the rain, just days behind a storm that has left plenty of signs of floods.
Read more
Three days in a row!
Today was the first day we’ve cycled three days in a row. All our warm-up rides were two days max, and the last time we did a Beeg Treep was the Tour d’England in 2012 which is a surprisingly (for me) long time ago.
Read more
Day 6 Haltern to Geseke
In which Sid and Doris see gritty, industrial Germany and are surprised to visit a Hindu temple on an industrial estate.
Read more
Hilarious town name!
Mifter Bat: What do cyclists do in Ass-whine? They whine about their… hee hee hee!!
Read more
Day 5 Arnhem to Halterm am See
In which Sid and Doris have their first day in Germany and learn how quiet Sundays can be.
Read more
What’s that stork doing?
Arnhem town centre has decided to do some landscaping and has built some shallow channels through the middle of the town.
Read more
Day 4 Amsterdam to Arnhem
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.
Read more
Getting bikes fixed in Amsterdam
As mentioned, the bikes may not have been 100% shaken-down for this trip, and as we went across Essex the sounds of twang-crunch-b*ll*cks started to emanate from the Epic Progression.
Read more