WH Auden, the Anglo/American poet wrote ´Funeral Blues´ or also known as ´Stop all the Clocks´ for a 1936 satirical political play (The Ascent of F6) and then subsequently he rewrote it removing several lines which referred to specific people and events in the 1930s. It became a more personal work thereafter. The poem can… Continue Reading
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We were tempted to continue watching the UCI MTB from Les Gets on the TV and sit out a ride because there was also a forecast of rain…. We almost succumbed to staying home as we reminisced about our visit to Les Gets and the UCI World Cup many years ago. We rode the Col… Continue Reading
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We rode with Regines Radsalon where she chased kinder trailers (motorised), bought us pommes and beer drunk from a Maß (I haven´t partaken in drinking so much real beer in ages). We ate cake near the old DDR border and at the lake Regine elected herself as a target in a water fight. What was… Continue Reading
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DEUnsere erste Tortenfahrt seit Sommer 2020 und auf einer sanften Tour haben wir Gänseaugen-Kuchen gegessen. Hurray! ENGThere is no ´Freedom Day´ date from Covid lockdown given in my area of Germany rather although the infection rates are down, there is a huge concern about future threats especially the Delta (Indian) variant coming from the UK,… Continue Reading
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Castles are cool despite their original intent to control, intimidate and project power over people. Now, they are romantic and can offer great views over an area. On this tour I visit three castles exiting Gö via the Dransfeld Ramp a defunct railway and the tour includes ten mild (ish) sections of gravel. This ride… Continue Reading
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Castles are cool despite their original intent to control, intimidate and project power over people. Now, they are romantic and can offer great views over an area. This Ride was the first scouting of a potential castles road tour and here we visited the ruins of the Rusteberg and the Gleichen. The RustebergWhen built in… Continue Reading
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We have suffered a long, long period of evil cold winds cutting you to the bone – today the sun shone, and the temperatures approached 30 degrees. After a week off the bike because of fatigue triggered by the AZ Covid vaccine I received recently I was determined to venture out and I felt awful… Continue Reading
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I ride regularly through village after village in the Leine Valley near Göttingen. Each has a story to tell spanning for some a thousand-year history and like so many in Central Europe they have been caught up in events beyond their control. In the 17th century the Leine Valley was ravaged by conflict during the… Continue Reading
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The Kopfsteinpflaster Carousel tour in reverse. It feels special to ride the roads of the Low Countries made famous by such races as the Tour of Flanders, Fleche Wallonne, Liege Bastogne Liege, Amstel Gold and Gent Wevelgem. But almost wherever you live you can find cool roads and this ride sees the Kopfsteinpflaster Carousel stand… Continue Reading
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This ride was one of the first we did when we moved to Göttingen and it features the Wendebachstausee (lake), plus the concrete cycle weg from Reinhausen to the climb up to Appenrode. Appenrode was once the home of the Knights of the Gleichen a powerful family who ruled the roost and who built not… Continue Reading
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Can I replicate the cycle road race routes of Flanders in Göttingen? Although the short answer is ´not easily´, I can nonetheless pay my respects to the Flemish (or Wallonia) theatres of cycle sport even if there are so few substantive stretches of cobbles to ride in the Göttingen region. One notable race is the Gent Wevelgem semi-classic which actually starts… Continue Reading
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DEFeier der Frühlingsklassiker – Schotter und Asphalttour auf 28 Pflasterreifen: Gö Velodrom – Dransfeld Rampe – Radweg bei Rischenkrug (B3) nach Dransfeld – L559 und dann der Asphaltaufstieg auf die Hoher Hagen – Dransfeld – Gö Velodrom. The Pave tyre is no longer featured by Vittoria and has been replaced with the Strade Bianche winning… Continue Reading
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A road ride on a mix of public roads and cycle paths to the Gauß Turm atop the Hoher Hagen overlooking Göttingen. The tower is named after Göttingen based Carl Friedrich Gauß (1777-1855) and it commemorates his work with mathematics to calculate the size of the Kingdom of Hannover. He used three high datum points… Continue Reading
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Stone, concrete, brick, glass, and asphalt denote the ´Built Environment´ and it is the latter we mostly played upon on this day. The intention was to hit the asphalt only, but when it became apparent that the glorious spring like weather had melted away almost all of the recent snow we eventually rode nine (benign)… Continue Reading
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DE Kurze Tage – kurze Fahrten, dann ist es die Winter Equinox. 36km/2+Std Asphaltfahrt – Geismar, Klein Lengden, Diemarden (foto), Reinhausen, Groß Schneen, Klein Schneen, Dramfeld, Volkeröde und Nedernejsa. ENG Up until the Winter Equinox on December 21 the daylight hours will be getting ever shorter but from thereon (and Christmas a few days later)… Continue Reading
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DE 43km – Eine Straßenfahrt mit Niedernejsa, Klein Schneen, Ekerhausen, Marzhausen, Groß Schneen, Ballenhausen, Reinhausen, Wendebach Stausee und Geismar. Heute waren viele Fahrer unterwegs und wir tauschten einen Gruß aus. ENG Many riders were out enjoying the warmth of the sun even if the wind was a bit tough in some sections. We exchanged greetings… Continue Reading
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DE 49km Road tour including/einschließlich: Niedernjesa – Siebold Hausen – Settmarshausen – Juhnde – Volkerode – Niedernjesa (All known roads/ Regelmäßige Straßen) ENG Autumn sun in Gö I was humming Danny and Sandy´s ´Summer Lovin´ song from Grease in my head on this ride. I had dusted off my summer bike and I just couldn´t… Continue Reading
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This was mostly a new route to Jühnde for me, although I had previously ridden the first section in reverse from Dransfeld to Göttingen when we rode from the Weser River. The climb up to the ridge top saw us pedal on many asphalt roads closed to general vehicle use, under the high speed train… Continue Reading
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A simple asphalt recovery ride after the extraction of 2 of my Wisdom teeth. The intention to eat cake (soft in my case) at the Historische Spinnerei Gartetal for what is the last day of being open for the year. It was a warm Autumn day. We rode 38km but it felt like a 100,00000000!!!… Continue Reading
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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
