Download GPX track (Remagen to Andernach)
Yesterday was one of the worst days since I started cycling. I thought already in the morning about taking the train to my parents and take a loooooooooooooong break from cycling. There was no specific reason, just a bad day. I thought I would quickly cycle to Koblenz and decide then what I would do.
Today I started my trip with the two new items I bought in Cologne the day before yesterday: my new rain jacket and my new drinking bottle. And also a new tire which I didn’t photograph 😉
Today was another highlight of my tour: Finally some cycling in the Ville forest where I (almost) started my cycling „career“.
(mehr …)The ride from Neuss to Bruehl was one of the nicest during my trip so far: the weather was cloudy but almost dry, the cycling paths are in excellent condition and the guiding system here is directly from heaven 🙂 also, the flourishing nature all around me made this a real holiday.
(mehr …)Although I love Essen and everything seemed to go so well, again I got lost shortly after I found the first promising sign pointing to my first destination „Werden“. I even circled back to the sign and tried again but not a chance to find the follow-up sign. So I decided to cycle to Werden according to my phone, again missing one of those „wonderful“ cycle routes.
Today, I visited the Zeche Zollverein in Essen which was a coal mine from the 19th century until 1986. These days, it’s an open air museum and a place for events and exhibitions. And an excellent place to shoot pictures of industrial motives.
(mehr …)Although it was pretty warm, I slept well and was awake around 6 AM or even earlier. I got up a little later and was on the road around 8 AM which was a good start, keeping the temperatures of yesterday in mind.
But again, as usual in big cities, it took a while before I found the route I wanted to follow today: the Emscher Weg.
(mehr …)Download GPX track (Muenster to Luenen)
The day’s events started again with a cat, this one was named Max.
I was sitting outside on the door mat and putting my shoes on, leaving the door ajar because I wasn’t a 100% certain that I had already brought all my stuff outside to put it on my bike.
And then Max the cat came along. He and his friend Zora are not supposed to be in the house while nobody is at home, so I closed the door a bit, thought for a bit and when Max started to step inside, I closed the door shut. I went to the garage and even before I opened the door, I realized that my drinking bottles were still inside the house….damn….
(mehr …)Download GPX track (Freckenhorst to Handorf)
Once again, I started in beautiful sunshine. I cycled from Freckenhorst to Warendorf on the 100 Schloesser (=castles)-Route which is about 8k long but sooooooooooo much nicer than cycling along the busy main road.
