We no longer grind plants or other ´hard´ foods with our teeth because of our modern diets and for some rammed at the back of your mouth can be four redundant Wisdom teeth (Weisheitszähne). My Wisdom Teeth have become a problem and after two weeks off the bike because of an infection from one of… Continue Reading
Monthly Archive: September 2020
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They say there is a heat wave on the way for mid-September but whatever the outcome I have been preparing for Autumn and Winter. Onto my bikes have gone sacrificial wheels and tough tyres, and I had thought that a recent band of welcome rain would have made the roads ´dirty´. I was wrong, although… Continue Reading
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Back on are my summer wheels and tyres (I took them off because I thought summer was over). I also wore my best white summer shoes and socks. Come the Winter I will recall these days with a sigh and I will think about the Spring. 60km. The Ride Garmin Connect: https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/5531439618 Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/4054654388
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The last time I had met anyone on a ´front line´ was in Brixton, London and today I met five riders at what was the Iron Curtain front line at Besenhausen just outside of Göttingen in Central Germany. Where once barbed wire and a death strip split the countryside along ideological lines, now Sunflowers and… Continue Reading
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Soon into the ride Andrea snapped her chain, happily this was quickly fixed, and we continued to ride in a relaxed manner out to Besenhausen to eat Goosegog Kuchen close to the now defunct internal border. We rode out along the Gutingi Strade Bianche route before we swung home in warm weather. 56km. The Ride… Continue Reading
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DE Home – ENG Home – DE Route – ENG Route – Peace Ride Manifest – Galerie – Jimi Hendrix – Links – Air War – WW2 Brevet Card – Facebook – Strava – Komoot “Two riders were approaching And the wind began to howl” (Bob Dylan) Mein Lieblingssong von Jimi Hendrix ist All Along the Watchtower von Bob Dylan – dieser… Continue Reading
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Cycle rides in and around the German city of Göttingen. Gutingi is the ancient name for Göttingen a university city set in the heart of Germany, Central Europe. These are informal tours and the route is a suggestion only and we cannot guarantee the status of the routes at any time. Contact: I would be… Continue Reading
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A ride from medieval watchtower to watchtower. These old military sites once protected and controlled the approaches to Göttingen. They are now romantic ruins and peaceful, but in the past, they were often the difference between life or death. Personally, I am grateful to live in a period of peace of which Europe has never… Continue Reading
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