Following a river-route is bound to be fractal in the horizontal plane, but why does it also oscillate unpredictably in the vertical plane?
For non-cyclist readers, chamois-cream is unguent applied to those parts of cyclists most likely to chafe. It should be obvious why a second scoop, at least with the hand that applied the first scoop, is a serious breach of hygiene and marital etiquette! NB I have not done this!
Because several times I had to get off and push Lev, and without the various analgesic creams I’d have considered amputating my foot…
 View from our train to Oberalppass |
 View from our train to Oberalppass |
 View from our train to Oberalppass |
 View from our train to Oberalppass – look at that road! |
 View from our train to Oberalppass |
 View from our train to Oberalppass |
 Coming into Oberalppass station |
 Oberalppass station |
 We cycled down that … |
 … but we couldn’t cycle up that! |
 Looking around from where I waited for Elly |
 Wierd thing en route |
 The Rhine emerges from Tomasee down the gorge on the right |
 The Rhine |
 Place-may in the pub: churches around Trun |
 Tide marks where I had kinesiology tape on my leg |
 We’re in a Romansch-speaking area. Our landlady speaks it, German and Italian. Also she seems to know at least one word of Russian: ‘spasiba’ (‘thanks’). |
 Advert in Romansch |
Because we’re in Trun, and the Knights who say ‘Ni!’ was filmed in Troon castle Continue reading
Grüss-di aus Andermatt! Wir sind in Gasthaus Skiklub, auf Gotthardstrasse. That’s enough German: predictive text is being unhelpful.
So there were quite a lot of trains yesterday and today:
| Amsterdam Centraal | 18:55 | Arnhem Centraal | 19:59 |
| Arnhem Centraal | 20:44 | Duisburg Hbf | 22:14 |
| Duisburg Hbf | 23:13 | Basel SBB | 06:22 |
| Basel SBB | 08:28 | Brig | 10:40 |
| Brig | 10:40 | Brig Bahnhofplatz | 10:40 |
| Brig Bahnhofplatz | 11:23 | Andermatt | 13:20 |
 View of Rhône from train to Brig |
 Brig Bahnhof is watching you! |
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I’ve just received this (bought from Organic Athlete):
I do – but slowly!
But I only intend to take 3 jerseys on the honeymoon. So which of these treasures do I leave at home?
 IRN·BRU |
Tweet to @bruceryan_rants to let me know what you think!
On mature(?) reflection, I have to pay tribute to LifesCycle for keeping me fit and sane, and I have to take something slightly rude, and I won’t be able to feed my addiction while we’re away. So, with sadness, the Irn Bru stays in the wardrobe.
As Brexit becomes ever more horrorshow, and gets on everyone’s groodies (look it up!), the legsit situation is improving. Continue reading
Don’t spend most of an afternoon gathering intermediate stops from Eurovelo route 15’s website, then mapping your proposed ride on Google Maps to compile distance data like this:
a back-up of https://friends-ssct.org
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Good governance and leadership
Participatory Budgeting for the Leith Neighbourhood Network
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