So who else got soaked in last night’s downpour? I got more than slightly wet on the way home from Napier, then absolutely drenched on the way to spinning. The rain even got through my rubber wallies into my MTB shoes. I didn’t bother to change into road shoes for the class so I had dry footwear for cycling today. So all through the spin I could feel the water sloshing around my socks and turning my toes into prunes. And we got wet again on the way home. Continue reading
Category Archives: out and about
We aimed for Copenhagen. We missed and hit Berlin
Here’s all the digital evidence of our summer 2017 cycle in the Netherlands and Denmark Germany!
pix from 10 August
Siegessäule, Berlin to Amsterdam photos
Berlin bimblings
Some extra pix on the way into Berlin

In the courtyard of the hotel in Brandenburg 1
Brandenburg Bummel
What Elly said! Here’s an update on the cycle log, and my photos of Rathenow and Brandenburg: Continue reading
Good things about Rathenow
This is obviously not exhaustive:
- Hotel Fürstenhof, on Bahnhofstrasse. Very friendly, good cycle accommodation. It’s also just next to…
- Himalaya Pizza. Huge selection, including a fab potato and tofu (‘mixed vegetable’) curry.
- NavDev resurrected itself overnight!
Pissed on, pissed off and caught short
We’ve left the Elbe, and are heading east (apart from the occasional meander) along the Havel to Berlin. Currently, we’re in Rathenow (Wikipedia), in Brandenburg, although today’s route has taken us in and out of Saxony-Anhalt. Continue reading
Doing Döblitz and seeing storks
(Another post covering two days. If you want the sane version, here’s Elly’s post.)
Let’s start with some photos so I can remember what’s happened. I’ve just had 1.5 litres of pilsener and two portions of chips, so my mind is a blank.
Sucking warm fizzy water out of my camel
(I’ll explain this post’s title later. The post covers Tuesday 1st and Wednesday 2nd August.)
Newsflash
We’re not cycling to Denmark this trip. We could easily cycle to Copenhagen, either via the mainland or via some interesting islands and ferries: Continue reading

