The ground had been swollen in the days before my ride by rain plus snow and the weather was bleak in attitude offering a taste of the winter yet to come. The trails will now become increasingly sodden until they freeze and then return to being a quagmire in places during the subsequent thaw. The… Continue Reading
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A page featuring galleries and links for cycle tours undertaken during November 2022. I ride regularly, and I do not necessarily post a web page for each tour I do. I do post to Facebook, Garmin Connect, Strava and occasionally to Komoot and Instagram. Monthly Tours A Taste of Rospuutto in Gö – November 30… Continue Reading
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The eleventh of November is Armistice Day marking the end of the First World War. In Germany, the National Day of Mourning (Volkstrauertag) is held in remembrance for those who have died or have suffered because of war (November 13 in 2022). In the United Kingdom Remembrance Sunday plays the same role. In Belgium November… Continue Reading
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Feldweg Home My longest ride since my fall in May! Herbst is firmly with us in Lower Saxony despite some record-breaking high temperatures in October. Autumn (or Fall) means that sections of this tour featured a carpet of fallen leaves which crackle under wheel in the dry or rustle when on foot and are slippery… Continue Reading
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A page featuring galleries and links for cycle tours undertaken during October 2022. I ride regularly, and I do not necessarily post a web page for each tour I do. I do post to Facebook, Garmin Connect, Strava and occasionally to Komoot and Instagram. Monthly Tours The Gö Internazionale go for Coffee in Gö –… Continue Reading
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A page featuring galleries and links for cycle tours undertaken during September 2022. I ride regularly, and I do not necessarily post a web page for each tour I do. I do post to Facebook, Garmin Connect, Strava and occasionally to Komoot and Instagram. Monthly Tours The Last of September in Gö – September 30… Continue Reading
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DE Home – ENG Home A shorter version of the Gö Strade Bianche held to the southwest of Göttingen heading through Rosdorf to the high ground above Volkerode. Whereafter, we descend back into the Leine Valley via Sieboldhausen. Keeping it all Westside. Gravel sector 15 (of 19) was especially poignant for me because this is where… Continue Reading
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A page featuring galleries and links for cycle tours undertaken during August 2022. I ride regularly, and I do not necessarily post a web page for each tour I do. I do post to Facebook, Garmin Connect, Strava and occasionally to Komoot and Instagram. Monthly Tours Gö Feldweg Omloop 60km – August 28 ´Road´ Ride… Continue Reading
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DE Home – ENG Home We celebrate the Strade Bianche cycle race with an informal gravel ride featuring the ´Weißen Straßen´ of Göttingen plus Feldweg and public roads. The short 40km Gö Strade Bianche has been extensively revised and at Ballenhausen we miss out a series of stinging climbs featured on the other routes. We… Continue Reading
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A page featuring galleries and links for cycle tours undertaken during July 2022. I ride regularly, and I do not necessarily post a web page for each tour I do. I do post to Facebook, Garmin Connect, Strava and occasionally to Komoot and Instagram. Monthly Tours Scouting in Gö – July 26 2022 Gravel Ride… Continue Reading
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DE Home – ENG Home We celebrate the Strade Bianche race with an informal gravel ride featuring thirty-six sectors of the ´Weißen Straßen´of Göttingen plus concrete/asphalt feldweg, dirt, asphalt cycle paths and public roads. I rode out with Josh Schenk and Roland from the P-Cafe located within the medieval city walls of Göttingen in the Nikolai quarter… Continue Reading
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A page featuring galleries and links for cycle tours undertaken during June 2022. I ride regularly, and I do not necessarily post a web page for each tour I do. I do post to Facebook, Garmin Connect, Strava and occasionally to Komoot and Instagram. Monthly Tours Wonderful Life in Gö – June 30 2022 Road… Continue Reading
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A page featuring galleries and links for cycle tours undertaken during May 2022. I ride regularly, and I do not necessarily post a web page for each tour I do. I do post to Facebook, Garmin Connect, Strava and occasionally to Komoot and Instagram. Monthly Tours Broken May has seen me off my bike recovering… Continue Reading
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A page featuring galleries and links for cycle tours undertaken during April 2022. I ride regularly, and I do not necessarily post a web page for each tour I do. I do post to Facebook, Garmin Connect, Strava and occasionally to Komoot and Instagram. Monthly Tours Blossom in Gö – April 27 2022 Gravel/Road Ride… Continue Reading
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A page featuring galleries and links for cycle tours undertaken during March 2022. I ride regularly, and I do not necessarily post a web page for each tour I do. I do post to Facebook, Garmin Connect, Strava and occasionally to Komoot and Instagram. Monthly Tours Gö Strade Bianche 75.6km – March 27 2022 Gravel/Road… Continue Reading
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DE Die mittelalterlichen Wachtürme von Göttingen sind heute romantische Ruinen, aber einst ein Ort des Lebens oder Todes und der Steuern. ENG The medieval watchtowers of Göttingen are now romantic ruins, but once a place of life or death and taxes. Tour: All Along the Watchtower (Warte) Info. Warte/Watchtower Wir haben 7 Standorte besucht/We visited… Continue Reading
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A page featuring galleries and links for cycle tours undertaken during February 2022. I ride regularly, and I do not necessarily post a web page for each tour I do. I do post to Facebook, Garmin Connect, Strava and occasionally to Komoot and Instagram. I over did it a wee bit in January taking on… Continue Reading
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A page featuring galleries and links for cycle tours undertaken during January 2022. I ride regularly, and I do not necessarily post a web page for each tour I do. I do post to Facebook, Garmin Connect, Strava and occasionally to Komoot and Instagram. The picture was taken by Josh Schenk and it reminded me… Continue Reading
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A page featuring galleries and links for cycle tours undertaken during December 2021. I ride regularly, and I do not necessarily post a web page for each tour I do. I do post to Facebook, Garmin Connect, Strava and occasionally to Komoot and Instagram. Monthly Tours A West-Side End of Year Ride in Gö –… Continue Reading
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We rode out from Göttingen onto the defunct Gartelbahn to Waterloo, and no, we did not pedal as far as Belgium or London. I had for many years lived in London close to Waterloo and the Station, and now by some odd quirk of fate I find myself living a short bike ride from another… Continue Reading
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