Monthly Archives: July 2008

12 July Perfect cycling day especially to climb up the cliffs. The exit road tops out at 164 meters according to my gps. That and a ball of string. Wandered Dover for a bit and found that much of this … Continue reading →

11 July Bruges to Lille via train Lille to Calais via train Calais to Dover via fast boat Such is the plan as of this writing. This will be the first time for us on French rail so we do … Continue reading →

10 July A rainy day with good walking around the periphery canals and smaller streets. We leave the continent in the morning. Off to Dover via Calais. Just a few pics today with more to come on flickr, to be … Continue reading →

7 July Short ride to Bruges but QB's stomach was not in top form. Rich foods?? So, we took the train for the 35 km or so. Belgian trains are by far the worst we have seen for bikes. All … Continue reading →

6 July The road to Gent is not well marked. No destinations on the signs only route numbers. The map that we purchased with the route numbers was often wrong. The system of roads and marking is very primstice compared … Continue reading →

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5 July This is the non-photo posting as we have a good net connection here. Will upload the flickr pics later and include the cell phone pics later as well. Perfect wandering Saturday in this city of large diversity. Just … Continue reading →

2 July Hann.Munden A very very hot and dehydrating uphill ride to Hann.Munden It is almost the final day of riding on the continent as we now head, via Aachen, to Bruges for a break before cycling to Rye from … Continue reading →

1 July Bad Karlshafen No internet connection here, will send this next time have one and will upload the flickr pics as well Left early as today was to be very hot and, in a good way, with very low … Continue reading →

4 July A very different 4th. No chilli and no friends at the excellent pool party. Did have a bike ride up the Fulda, just a few hours and then we got a car and drove to Antwerp. Moin has … Continue reading →