DE “Es war minus 20 im Jahr 2010” Ich denke, es ist kalt in Göttingen, seit vielen Jahren in London zu leben! Die 35km Tour umfasste Asphalt und 19 Gravel-Teilabschnitten. Besuch Warteberg and Rosdorf Warte unterwegs. Temperatur 3.0. ENG ´It was minus 20 in 2010´ is a common response to me when I comment on… 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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46KM: 25 gravel sectors – Gravel-Teilabschnitte + farm roads/ Landwirtschaftstraßen. DEHeute in Göttingen regnete es `Misling´ (Ein englisches Wort von Jane Austen zum Niesel Wetter) ENGOn this road/gravel ride in Göttingen rain hung like a suffocating layer. 18/19th Century writer Jane Austen coined the word Misling to help describe this type of weather. Polite society… Continue Reading
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It seems we have gravel in our heads in the form of ´Ear Rocks´. OK, it´s not really gravel as we know it (as Spock might say in Star Trek), ratherthey are calcium crystals. I suffer from vertigo although I do not panic, but just feel uneasy when at a cliff edge or similar. Completely… 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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I rode the Gö PRBX route in the rain as part of my recovery from having two of my Wisdom Teeth extracted. A cycle ride based upon the Hainberg overlooking the German city of Göttingen featuring gravel, forest trails, Panzerweg, Kopfsteinpflaster (Cobbles), some use of public roads and importantly gnarly Befestigter Waldweg (Reinforced wild road).… 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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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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A few vibrant Sunflowers in amongst a host of those past their best is a clear sign that the summer is ending. Although I do not feel the risk that I felt on the open roads of the UK, but today bad German driving was on display especially on the L559 into Jühnde where a… Continue Reading
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A short train ride took us to Witzenhausen the smallest university town in Germany (it has been a seat of learning about agriculture since the 19th century) and is a major place for cherries. A notable resident was Johann Jacob Schweppe, (1740-1821), known for the famous Schweppes brand. It is also the birthplace of the… 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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In the time I was forced to stay off my bike because of illness the farm trails and roads which once offered clear views across the landscape now travel through canyons of tall corn crops as ´High as an Elephants Eye´ (Oklahoma) reaching a point of harvest. I rode my road/gravel bike so I could… 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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A ride with hills to give Tom and Naomi a few ups and downs in contrast to their normal Netherlands terrain over a *Freddie Frinton route which has become one of my favourites. I first met Tom in London over thirty years ago when he was cycle touring and today, we rode with him and… Continue Reading
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This route has become a ´Freddie Frinton*´ one for me, it would seem to be my go-to when I just want to do a road ride on a known course. From the saddle I noted that Sunflowers are out and on route I saw a rare thing – a hedge lined road. (*Freddie Frinton being… 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
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