because so many place names in Alsace end in ‘-heim’. My favourites so far are Algolsheim and Plobsheim, with Ohnenheim (which I mistranslate as ‘homeless’) coming a close third. 

• Distance cycled: 48.1 miles (Neuf-Brisach to Strasbourg, including 3.6 miles that cyclemeter didn’t record)
• cumulative cycling: 380.5 miles

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• distance cycled: 43.0 miles (Basel to Neuf-Brisach)
• cumulative cycling: 332.4 miles

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Our first 50-mile day! You don’t want to see certain parts of me. Continue reading →

• cycling distance: 48.6 miles (Konstanz to Kaiserstuhl)
• cumulative distance: 234.0 miles

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Following a river-route is bound to be fractal in the horizontal plane, but why does it also oscillate unpredictably in the vertical plane?

• cycling distance: 37.6 miles (Bregenz to Meersburg + 0.4 miles to the ferry) + 2.4 miles (Meersburg to Konstanz – 2.9 miles of ferry) = 37.4 miles
• cumulative distance: 185.4 miles

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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!

• distance cycled: 16.8 miles (Maienfeld to Buchs) + 27.1 (Buchs to Hard) + 3.2 miles (Hard to Bregenz – Google Maps estimate) = 47.1 miles
• cumulative distance: 147.8 miles

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Because several times I had to get off and push Lev, and without the various analgesic creams I’d have considered amputating my foot…

• Distance cycled: 48.55 miles (cyclemeter map)
• cumulative distance: 100.69 miles

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Because we’re in Trun, and the Knights who say ‘Ni!’ was filmed in Troon castle Continue reading →