This day has been a long time in the planning!! For those of you who have followed our blogs over the years, you will be well acquainted with our very dear friends Wolfgang and Marlene. A brief recap on our joined history. We met them in 2016 on the UK canals in the early stages … More July 8 – Wolfgang and Marlene

Our day started with taking Brontë for a walk whilst Ali had a game of tennis and poor Ads had to go to work – guess someone has to pay for all the retirees. Ali very kindly suggested that we might want to go into Amsterdam for a look around. We have always enjoyed our … More July 7 – Amsterdam, Netherlands

Today was about reconnecting with Al and Ads and their beautiful dog Brontë who photobombed perfectly. We awoke to a lot of rain but we decided that Brontë still needed her daily constitutional walk. We headed off to a place called the Tea House  which was an area that was forested and had a gorgeous … More July 6 Hilversum, Netherlands

Today is a travel day. We were up bright and early, washed, fed and off the boat by 8.30am so that the crew had time to prepare the boat for the next load of guests who would be arriving later that day. We said our farewells to Linda, Gabby, Neal and Randa who were heading … More July 5   Mainz to Hilversum, Netherlands

Our final day of our bike/boat trip down the mighty Rhine River. Should all go to plan, we will cover a distance of 54 kilometers today. The weather forecast today was for a high of 27c, just like yesterday with clear blue skies. Initially our ride out of Worms was through an industrial area but … More July 4 – Worms to Mainz

Today’s distance was approximately 27 kilometers, give or take a few. After yesterdays blistering hot day, we set off in rain this morning which normally would make everyone feel a little down. Not this morning though as we all regaled in our good fortune. First point of interest was the chain ferry that took us … More July 3 – Mannheim to Worms

It depends who you talk to but on the return to the boat this evening we had reports that the temperature in Mannheim reached 39c or 40c. What we can attest to is that it was like biking into a furnace.  Mannheim reported the hottest temperature today in all of Germany. Unpleasant riding conditions are … More July 2 Mannheim to Heidelberg Return

Only a 27k bike ride today from Speyer to Mannheim. Very minimal elevation especially as we are going down stream. Today, Jen was able to join us on the bike ride. We thought we would see how she faired as we didn’t want all the abrasions on her leg to re-open. She has been a … More July 1 Canada 🇨🇦 Day – Speyer to Mannheim

27k bike ride today in 34c heat so we were not looking forward to that. It ended up with Al, Fraser and Di only riding today as Jen fell off her bike 50 meters before the end of our bike ride yesterday taking a healthy chunk of skin off her left leg plus parts of … More June 30 Germersheim to Speyer

Today was our first official biking day though it was only 17k which was a gentle ease into it. What was not so gentle was the weather. We have got caught up in Europe’s heatwave and today we experienced a high of 33c which was just slightly ugly weather. There was one lucky break in … More June 29 Strasbourg to Germersheim