#Day32 Stage 2 begins
Flensburg to Schleswig – 32km 20C Terrain: flat cycle routes and road Started Stage 2 from Flensburg to Celle (approx 300km) today and it started with a rainbow! Today was a nice easy route, essentially in a straight line so I couldn’t really go wrong. It’s interesting what you […] Read More
#Day31 Stage 2 and a few days rest
After some wonderful and restful days with my German family, I head out on stage 2 tomorrow, from Flensburg to Celle to continue following my gran’s journey as a refugee after the second world war. When my gran reached Flensburg she had already survived a plane crash and then taken another plane to end up […] Read More
#Day27 Stage 1 complete!
Klappholz to Flensburg – 23km 22C Terrain: cycle paths all the way (still loving this) Big day! Reached Flensburg to finish the first major stage of this adventure/challenge, woohoo! From Unieradz where my gran grew up to Flensburg where she arrived by plane before walking 300km to Celle. Amazing feeling because to be perfectly honest, […] Read More
#Day26 Family and food
Eckenforde to Klappholz – 30km 20C Terrain: cycle paths and road – a little hilly So excited to see Uncle Peter and family today, I think I smiled the whole way. I already look pretty loopy with Bob (the looks I get are quite something) so was smiling crazy woman today! Still needed to get […] Read More
#Day25 More sea and excited!
Kiel to Eckenforde – 30km 24C Terrain: flat cycle paths and road After the first 7km today which were spent getting out Kiel, I was back in the countryside. Kiel is probably the largest place I’ve been through so far, I think the diameter I crossed must have been […] Read More
#Day24 Big city Kiel
Preetz to Kiel – 18km 22C Terrain: flat cycle paths and road Nice easy one this morning , legs thanked me for it. Tried to spend the afternoon resting as much as possible but still had a good look around Kiel. Frankly, Kiel isn’t the prettiest of places […] Read More
#Day23 Horses and reflections
Eutin to Preetz – 31km 25C Terrain: cycle paths and quiet roads Legs could really feel it today right from the get go and especially on those hills. If only I could transport Barbara Brunner over from @energylabb for a proper sports massage, I would! Wednesday is market day so started the day with the […] Read More
#Day22 Lucky escapes
Travemunde to Eutin – 30km 22C Terrain: road and offroad, 10km along the sea, nice This morning started a little unexpectedly. Bob clearly hadn’t been very well overnight 🙁 No problem through, mum had kindly sent me new inner tubes just a few days ago so no need to use […] Read More