You know how you lie awake in bed before your drift off to sleep and plan out your next day. We had done just that but our plans went well awry.Things started well with a most luxurious breakfast befitting of any five star hotel. It was then onto our bikes to head to the bike … More July 22     Day of Rest Aschaffenburg  – well that is what we planned

Today didn’t work out quite as we had intended courtesy of the weather. We knew rain was forecast and we were prepared for it and accepting of the fact that we would get wet but unfortunately Elfi wasn’t of the same mind set. We even put back on our dirtiest bike clothes so that they … More July 21    Sulzfeld back Home

So today started with the heartiest of breakfasts, right down to the kippers – ewww! Di and Fras avoided that one. Our objective was to stay on the north side of the river today and to avoid hitting any of the other myriad of cyclists along the route. It is hard to emphasize just how … More July 20  Volkach to Sulzfeld

It was a very full day today in more ways than one. After a robust breakfast it was back in the saddle to head towards the village of Volkach which was 29k down the Mainz River. We spent the first half of the day cycling along farmers fields which had quite the array of produce … More July 19  Schweinfurt to Volkach

Our morning started with a lovely breakfast outside at our Gasthaus with everything a biker needs for a great start to the day plus our great host added in lunch for us. Alas though, there was the butter dish incident. One of those travel moments that will stick with the four of us. Let us … More July 18   Zell em Main to Schweinfurt

Our first day of our bike trip, so we were all pretty excited. We had a distance of 30k to go today. The sky looked slightly threatening but the forecast was for no rain. Fraser, Di and Elfi, headed off on the bikes whilst Horst drove to our next accommodation in the village of Zell … More July 17    Bamberg to Zell em Mainz.

Awfully early start as Fraser and Elfi needed to bike down to the railway station in Aschaffenburg on Di’s rental e-bike and Fraser’s bike. Horst dropped Di off at the station to meet up with Elfi and Fraser and then he drove to Bamberg with the two small e-bikes that Horst and Elfi own – … More July 16     Aschaffenburg to Bamberg

What was meant to be a relaxing day catching up on washing, talking and planning our next bike ride together turned into something quite different. We bought two bikes in the Netherlands back in 2017 to do our six week biking trip around Austria, Switzerland and Germany. At the end of the bike rides, we … More July 15     Aschaffenburg and Bikes

Travel day today. We will be travelling from Wolfgang and Marlene’s boat Old Gilly, which was moored just on the southern outskirts of Schipol Airport over night to Aschaffenburg in Germany. It was an early start for us all as we needed to pack up our bags, have our final breakfast together and move the … More July 14    Schipol  Airport to Aschaffenburg, Germany

All good plans of mice and men go astray and that is certainly what happened today. Our intention was to get to the town of Halfweg, after 27k of cruising and moor up for the evening. Unfortunately, a rather pivotal bridge on our route was out of action today and not planned to be back … More July 13 OuderWetering to Schipol Airport