Our biggest cycling day today at 50k’s. We left Luzern in sunny skies though a little cool with only a high of 20c predicted today which is just perfect cycling weather. First port of call was a little town called Zug. Apparently, it has some very favourable tax laws so is known to be rather … More Friday 30th June – Luzern to Morgarten

What was going to be an easy 20k day turned into a very full 35k day. We wanted very much to get off early as we had an 8k ride to Stans which is where the Cabrio Gondola is. This is a very unique gondola as we will soon demonstrate. Firstly we picked up the … More Thursday 29th June – Alpnach to Luzern

Forgot to mention yesterday that Meiringen was the location where Sherlock Holmes met his untimely death with Professor Moriarty when supposedly they had a punch up and clinging to one another they fell from the ledge down the Reichenbach Falls – some of you might be interested and some might just put that useless bit … More Wednesday 28th June – Meiringen to Alpnach

We are going to let the photos do all the talking today but we will add a few facts for you. We rode 30k’s in unpredictably lovely biking weather along secondary roads. We followed the shore of Lake Brienz for most of the day going up, up and up hills with a final down at … More Tuesday 27th June – Interlaken to Meiringen

We have spent the last few days staying with Elfi and Horst in their home in Aschaffenburg recovering from our trip down the Moselle. As all travellers know, there is nothing quite like getting all your laundry done in a proper washing machine and also reorganizing yourself ready for the next adventure. We spent the … More Monday 26the June – Aschaffenburg to Interlaken Phase 6 Begins

Welcome back to our blog followers after our week of absence. Unfortunately we were correct in that there was no free wifi but now you will get to over indulge. A map showing our overall route – Saarburg to Koblenz (where the Moselle meets the Rhine). Total distance of 253k of which we will bike … More 17th June to 23 June – Saar to Koblenz Bike/Barge Trip

Friday 16th June – Aschaffenburg to Saarburg Our plan today is to drive to Saarburg where we will pick up our barge. We went a day earlier as Elfi has a plan to do a walk in the tree tops not too far from Saarburg. The boys loaded up the bikes on the back of … More Fri 16 June – Aschaffenburg to Saarburg

Not a great start this morning. We had set the alarm on the iPad for 5.30am but Di had managed to turn the volume right down and hence we didn’t hear it go off. If Ali hadn’t set her alarm for 6.00am because she wanted to see us off, we would have been in a … More Thursday 15th June – Day 1 of Phase 5

Lots of “finals” today. Our final walk in the hyda with Bronte and three days in a row now where she has not been able to find a puddle….yipeee!!! We then whizzed around with a final dusting and vacuum of the house before heading out on our bikes to town. We needed to validate our … More Wednesday 14th June – Packing and Hand Over

Not a lot to report on the blog site today except that Di got to celebrate very quietly yet another birthday. Going forward she is going to start counting backwards as the numbers are getting too scary. We spent the morning after the dog walk and other bits and pieces doing a good clean of … More Tuesday 13th June – Final Parenting Day