We crossed the valley and were able to make out our house on the other side. This is a small pleasure upon which a life is built. We spotted a small group of sunflowers in a field, the first of the season although I did not picture them. The ride included Jühnde Castle and then… Continue Reading
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Freddie Frinton Rides are rides which are to paraphrase Freddie,“The same procedure as last time” from Dinner For One, a cult German film shown each New Year. These are a few rides that are undertaken regularly and this includes Freddie Frinton Ride One featured here. Kuchen Gut/Cycling Gut – June 28 2020 Road Ride I… Continue Reading
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I explored new roads (to me) and photographed sections of gravel for an extended version of the Gutingi Strade Bianche. My aim was to ride a few sections of gravel (7) and mostly road, I had expected a possible heavy rainstorm or two, although this did not come to pass and I would have welcomed… Continue Reading
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When I lived in London, I spent a great deal of time within the built environment and I often found myself in the shade. One of the aspects of my new life in Göttingen is that the sky is open to me and the countryside is accessible being just a few minutes from my front… Continue Reading
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My first ride with Gunnar Fehlau since February because of the Covid pandemic which has kept so many apart. We reprised our usual lunch time spin and we rode in warm sunshine. It would be easy to see this ride and meeting with people such as Gunnar as being ordinary – how wrong you would… Continue Reading
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A relaxed gravel ride for cake! 32km, with a few hills including the Tillyberg at over 28% also known on Strava as UP Zum Kirschberg. The Historic Spinnerei Cafe is open each Sunday from May 1 (and public holidays) into the Summer between 1pm and 6pm. The Ride Garmin Connect: https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/5123820210 Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/3649574164
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On the longest day of the year I set out across the Leine Valley to Jühnde Castle and then back across the valley to venture into Thuringia at the State Line with Niedersachsen where once stood the Iron Curtain. Returning to my home state I climbed up to the Gleichen Castle, not to the top… Continue Reading
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We rode to the old Internal Border at Kirchgandern just outside of Göttingen to eat cake and to recall the events of June 17, 1953. June 17 is also the date that marks the start of the 2020 Grenzstein Trophy which is the toughest of tough rides along the now defunct Internal Border. On June… Continue Reading
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It had rained so much in the last few days that fields are flooded, and I think my neighbour was building an Ark, such was the wood working noises that reverberated from his shed. Although the continual heavy rain fall is brilliant for nature (the forests in particular) and the water supply, it is still… Continue Reading
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Welcome to my website. I am an ex-London cyclist and now a Göttingen rider – I have a fondness for cyclo cross and gravel cycling. This is a narrative of sorts regarding my cycle life in my newly adopted home country. Aren’t Websites Defunct? A debate has raged for some time now about whether traditional… Continue Reading
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Josh Schenk is the first person outside of my immediate bubble that I have met and gone out to play with since February when we began the Covid-19 lock down. We talked and talked. My lack of gravel hill climbing saw me struggle on one long ascent, but and I say this with glee –… Continue Reading
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We rode a mix of gravel and road to Bisenhausen which was once pushed up against the now defunct Internal Grenze that split Germany down the centre. The farming complex of buildings that make up Bisenhausen are typical for the area and it was owned by the Hanstein nobility. After World War Two it was… Continue Reading
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I lost my silk Rapha neckerchief on my Sunday ride and this was a real shame because it was a present from Rapha given over ten years ago. Following the idea that ´fortune favours the brave´ I set out on Monday evening to ride the same route more in hope of finding it than any… Continue Reading
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Cycling is the perfect excuse to eat cake. Another relaxed ride putting as little pressure on Andrea´s knee as possible following sections of the Gutingi Strade Bianche. To eat cake here you must fill in a form to aid contact tracing, you must also socially distance and there are hand wash facilities. Sadly I lost… Continue Reading
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We were expecting heavy rain with thunder and lightning, so with a mind to a future drought I connected two water butts to the house drainpipes. With two nicely filled butts and no rain forecast for the evening I ventured out, but it did rain and I spent 44 plus kilometres getting gloriously wet. I… Continue Reading
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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
