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  • Burned to the ground 1618 – 1648 – January 12, 2020 Road Ride

    A road cycle ride south of Göttingen took us through an area that had born witness to the ravages of one of Europe’s most savage wars. In spring like weather, we pedalled out to Jühnde on what we thought would be tarmac only, but we took a shortcut and therefore rode a big chunk of… Continue Reading

    on January 16, 2020
  • Duderstadt (and the Grenze) – June 23 Ride 2019

    I scream und Erdbeere (road to Duderstadt) Duderstadt was once linked by a small railway to Goettingen (Die Gartetlbahn); sadly this service which ran from 1897 was closed in 1957. Our gain is that almost all of it is now a cycle path that can be used with other cycle routes to carry us the… Continue Reading

    on June 25, 2019
  • Friedland Transit Camp – June 15 Ride 2019

    We think we might pedal far and heroically but history tells us what suffering, travel and hardship really is and which at times can be beyond understanding. A visit to the Museum Friedland as part of my June 15 ride to Friedland. Personally, I am an (Cycling) Immigrant. In Transit Migration and immigration are part… Continue Reading

    on June 17, 2019
  • Friedland – June 15 Ride 2019

    A short ride from my new home town is a place that played an amazing part in post-World War Two life – it was at the Friedland Transit Camp that millions of displaced people, POW’s and refugees travelled through. It was near the small village of Friedland that the US, British and Soviet Zones of… Continue Reading

    on June 16, 2019
  • The Deaths of Nancy and Bill – Charles Dickens

    When I was young I wasn’t a great reader of books, comics yes and it was only when into my mid-teens did I start devouring literature. Books by Jean Paul Sarte and the like, I chose anything that added a wee bit of intellectual or even Parisian ‘left bank’ sparkle to my life. But even… Continue Reading

    on March 17, 2018

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