I am beginning to feel human again after suffering a bug and although Craig my ride companion had to wait for me on the hills (danke) I didn´t grovel as I might have feared. I am still scouting a long version of an ´All Along the Watchtower´ gravel ride (and a road version) featuring the… Continue Reading
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The idea was to ride just under 30km at a gentle pace as it was, we did a wee bit more at 45 kilometres because the sun was shining, we had our summer shoes and our wheels were rotating nicely and that´s how it goes sometimes. We picnicked at Ludolfhausen church (1562) a type of… Continue Reading
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The area where I live in Central Europe is not mountainous, but it is hilly, to go beyond this I would need to visit the Harz where the Brocken stands at 1,141 metres or the Wurmberg at 971 (the latter an offroad cycling mecca). Göttingen sits in the Leine Valley and is flanked to the west… Continue Reading
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After a hard ride of 84kms on gravel the previous weekend I wanted a simple relaxed road tour. The sky above me was rumbling with thunder and rain clouds hung overhead, but with no fixed route in my mind I was able to avoid the worst of the rain. When it encroached toward me, I… Continue Reading
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I have undertaken three rides so far to scout a Göttingen castles asphalt tour, firstly the Rusteberg and Gleichen Castles and then the Grone, Jühnde and Berlepsch Castles were added. My most recent was a visit to Niedeck where I looked up at the summit of the Kronenberg but I didn´t take the gravel road… Continue Reading
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In the two previous scouting rides for a Gö castles tour, I first visited the Rusteberg and Gleichen Castles and on the second the Grone, Jühnde and Berlepsch Castles were added. This ride picked up where the Rusteberg and Gleichen Castles tour left off the intended route at Benniehausen Shortly after Benniehausen we rode sections… Continue Reading
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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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