Monday was a bank holiday for Whitsun/Pentecost and finally we rode to eat cake! Hooray! This time we added a hill to test Andrea´s knee which is giving her trouble. The wild spring flowers are really brightening everything up and I have been told they are planted especially for the benefit of bees and other… Continue Reading
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I haven´t been on a road ride for some time. Canned Heat are not one of my favourite 60/70s bands (I am more of a Buffalo Springfield person) and I have no idea why their song ´On the Road Again ‘ switched on in my head. I was humming it throughout and I could also… Continue Reading
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The theory is if we stick to the flat gravel trails of the Leine Valley and miss out hills etc. plus keep to a cool pace it will allow Andrea´s knee to heal. It seems to be working. Hooray! We also bought strawberries and cake. Hooray! The Ride Garmin Connect: https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/5007678021 Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/3530946813 Cycle Fahrrad… Continue Reading
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In the last weeks we have had some very warm days and on one such ride I even got a suntan. We have also been through the ´Ice Saints´ period during May when the temperature annually plummets, and I was getting the impression that the Eisheilige wouldn´t go away! Today I took out my road/gravel… Continue Reading
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It was Ascension Day in Göttingen and a public holiday which traditionally is also Vaterstag. What this means is that men get together and drag a small cart about full of beer, they slowly get drunk. In this time of Covid-19 social distancing the usual large groups were not seen by us, usually you come… Continue Reading
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A gentle spin over sections of the Gutingi Strade Bianche with hills removed to protect Andrea´s knee which is sore. I insisted she walk the Tillyberg (24%) at the end. The Ride Garmin Connect: https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/4946632411 Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/3466892987 Cycle Fahrrad Goettingen home page
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Riding a well-known circuit helps you judge your fitness as you recover from illness or injury, this time I went just a wee bit further adding a known section of forest trails and new gravel (new to me). I rode through the Hainberg Forest, across the old Panzer base at Kerstlingeröder Feld, followed by the… Continue Reading
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I managed four rides in April, and this was my first in May. Near the end of March I caught something which I doubt was the Covid-19 virus, and I just couldn´t get rid of it. I had felt rotten in late March, felt better two weeks into April and then felt bad once more.… Continue Reading
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Sadly, many events have fallen afoul of the Covid-19 pandemic. Cancelled were my two favourite road races Paris Roubaix and the Strade Bianche. I had also been looking forward to pedalling the Pavédemark on April 12 a tribute to Paris Roubaix. The Pavédemark hosted by Brelinger Berg Night and Day features a course with pave… Continue Reading
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Quiet roads, very few cars – no motor car hassles (one annoying BMW driver) and lots of people including children enjoying the fine weather. I must be in another country, wait, I am! My UK feed is full of stuff about cyclists being slagged off for riding and there seems to be so much scolding… Continue Reading
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A final scouting ride for the All Along the Watchtower ride (number 10) started in the Hainberg Forest and then I rode along the old medieval city wall (starting at the closed theatre) to pick up the start of the intended ride at 4.3km. The route will start at the Jewish Memorial dedicated to those… Continue Reading
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I had cleaned my bike to perfection and after one ride I was back to square one! This is the longer 66km (11 km more) version of the Gutingi Strade Bianche ride ridden in homage to one of the best road races on the calendar and it follows the presently off-colour white roads of Göttingen.… Continue Reading
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Almost everything is closed here in Germany because of the Covid-19 Pandemic sweeping the world and many are working from home or just having no work. Lots of people are taking their children for a walk or cycle or like me riding bikes. Most seem happy to be social distancing, but I fear that unless… Continue Reading
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We took a short ride at a gentle pace to allow us to soak in the sunshine (Scouting All Along the Watchtowers 8). We stopped a lot for this very purpose. (I even wore my white summer MTB shoes) When we first moved from London to Göttingen our first rides were at Kerstlingeröderfeld, a large… Continue Reading
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Now part of the ´Göttingen Stadtwald´ Natur Park and open to all, Kerstlingeröder Feld and a large area around it was once a major front line Nato/Bundeswehr Panzer Base. The Panzer Grenadiers based there would often respond to increased alerts by driving just 15km to the Iron Curtain to face the combined might of the… Continue Reading
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A day away from the mud and rain, this ride was 50km of riding the ´black stuff´ at a laidback pace. There were quiet rolling roads and interesting villages with a hint of sunshine making it all rather special in an ordinary sort of way. We went past the Friedland Denkmal riding into a strong… Continue Reading
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OK, don´t tell anyone that I scouted a section of All Along the Watchtower on foot, but in my defence, it was hard on the legs and the terrain was challenging at times. Despite no pedals to turn I must admit it was fun. What was cool is that I found another warte, this being… Continue Reading
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TourThe sun was shining for a second day and we needed no coaxing to ride again to enable us to soak up the warmth to help recovery from a bug. The proposed All Along the Watchtower gravel ride has taken yet another new turn with the possible introduction of the Rosdorf Warte atop the Wartberg.… Continue Reading
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I long ago realised, as the wonderful Slits punk band said, that I am a “Weekend Warrior, Bread and Butter Hunter” thus I tend to find my modest pleasures close to home etc… So, having been off the bike for over a week we turned once more a trip to buy cat food into a… Continue Reading
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OK, so how do places get named? This crossed our minds when we got to the Lumpensammler Buche or Rag Collectors Beech. The German language can be fun, but don´t ask Mark Twain because he would have told you that it is “awful”, I rather would say that it is confusing. Today, the ride took… Continue Reading
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