Presenting no obstacle to our free movement this gravel and road tour saw us cross several active and defunct borders. In my head recently has been Peter Gabriel’s song ´Games Without Frontiers´ (1980) where he talks about a subject that resonated strongly with me on this ride. He refers to several political themes kindled by… Continue Reading
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DE Ich besuchte oder passierte in der Nähe von: 7 mittelalterlichen Warte, Schlachtfeldern, einer Militärbasis und 11 Flugzeugabsturzstellen im 2. Weltkrieg in Göttingen. Ich bin dankbar, in der friedlichsten Zeit zu leben, die Europa je erlebt hat. Wachtürme befinden sich oft auf einer Anhöhe, was bedeutet, dass es auf dieser Fahrt viele Anstiege gab! Ich… Continue Reading
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DE Aus dem Kiesreifen-Rabbit Hole – Zwei Räder gut, zwei CX-Reifen besser (für Schlamm). Eine 30 km lange Fahrt – einschließlich des Kopfsteinpflasteraufstiegs auf die Zieten-Terrasse, eines schneebedeckten Kesterlingröder-Feldes (obwohl es aufgetaut war) und eines langen, schneefreien Abstiegs ins Leine-Tal. ENG Out of the gravel tyre rabbit hole – Two wheels good, two CX tyres… Continue Reading
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DE Nat King Cole sang eine großartige Linie – ´Jack Frost Nipping at your Nose´. Schnee und Kälte vorgestellt auf dieser 10km Schotterfahrt ENG Cold temperatures have gripped the area in the past week bringing snow fall of which Göttingen has not witnessed for some time. Nat King Cole sang a great line about the… Continue Reading
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DE Gut, um die Covid-Isolation mit Gunnar zu brechen, der in der Nähe von zu Hause fährt. ENG A quick spin with Gunnar on well-known local trails. In this time of Covid-19 I have been meeting people who I trust to be virus aware and who aim to maintain a good bubble around them. It… Continue Reading
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DE 29KM – Zieten Terrace (Kopsteinpflaster steigen), Kerstlingeröderfeld, langer Abstieg nach Klein Lengden und Garte River (4,9km), Diemarden, Diemardener Warte und Geismar. ENG – (Panzer Ghosts in Gö) Where once Tigers and Chieftains roamed there are a few reminders of the military presence at Kerstlingeröderfeld, but these are often hidden by flora, fauna and trees.… Continue Reading
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35KM auf fast trockenen Schotterwegen – einschließlich: Grone, Bovenden, Berg Plesse, Rieswarte, Nikolausberg, Bratental, Lutter River und Hainberg Forest. ENG I last rode sections of this route on January 29, 2020 when I was scouting `All Along the Watchtower´ and since then I have suggested the Warte Route. With little rain having fallen in recent… Continue Reading
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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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DE Home – ENG Home – DE Route – ENG Route Manifest – Galerie – Jimi Hendrix – Links – Air War – WW2 – Gutingi Rides “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 Song geht… 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. There are three Gutingi Tours at present each of different lengths: The Gutingi Strade Bianche, Gutingi STEIN PRBX and Gutingi All Along the Watchtower – Die Warten. These… 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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For sure we could have gone faster, especially Josh, but that wasn´t the point. We set a pace at which we could talk, be chilled and all rode our bikes as a form of recovery. We began at the velodrome rode across the gravel farm trails into the forest and raced down the available descents.… Continue Reading
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Eine Hainberg-Radtour mit Göttingenpanorama auf Gravel, Waldwegen, Panzerwegen, Kopfsteinpflaster, teils auf öffentlichen Straßen, aber hauptsächlich auf holperigen, befestigten Waldwegen. Eine Rundtour von ca. 15 km Länge, so gut, dass ich sie gleich mehrmals gemacht habe!! DE German – ENG Home – Route – Gallery – Gutingi Rides Mobilität Straßen, Pfade und Trails sind für unser… Continue Reading
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Riding a circuit is cool, you can stay close to home, you can step off when your body says so and you can go home should a monsoon attack. What it doesn´t have to be is boring! This tough 15km circuit ridden on a 28m front and 26m rear tyre featured asphalt, stein roads, Kopfsteinpflaster… Continue Reading
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We talked about Yorkshire tea (*mysteriously it came up) and swapped stories about tea and tea drinking habits in ´Gods chosen county´, but didn´t drink any. Instead we concentrated upon drinking German beer, ate German cakes, and rode cool German gravel. A day of good Anglo-Deutsche relations or should I say Bristol-Göttingen relations – Thanks… Continue Reading
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My first ride in August having taken an enforced rest from the bike because of illness. I was under instructions to take it easy and so I limited myself to 20 kilometres of playing in the Hainberg Forest and at Kesterlingroder Feld. I am grateful to be back on the bike and my heart goes… Continue Reading
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There are simply not enough cobbles (Kopfsteinpflaster) in the area to replicate the Paris Roubaix cycle race. What we do have are kilometres of Strade Bianche, then there is Befestigter Waldweg, and in addition there are concrete farm roads all of which criss-cross the area in abundance. On this ride I went scouting for cool… Continue Reading
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Freddie Frinton Rides are rides which are to paraphrase Freddie,“The same procedure as last time” from Dinner For One, a cult German film shown each New Year. These are gravel, road or gravel/road rides that are undertaken regularly and this includes Freddie Frinton Ride One featured here. Eine kurze Fahrt mit Gunnar auf lokalen Trails… Continue Reading
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I thought I had finished scouting All Along the Watchtower but during the Covid-19 lockdown I rethought the ride. The ride will now be spilt into three, one will feature the warte (watchtowers), another three castles and a long ride that will include both warte and castles. Watchtowers and castles tend to be on top… Continue Reading
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A lovely day riding with John Beggs and Andrea where all my recent post-crash demons were able to drain away in a gentle exorcism by bike. John has been riding in the super wet and muddy environs of the Harz Mountains lately and so we took him on roads with great views, dry gravel, except… Continue Reading
