Post by tapan on Dec 28, 2009 10:51:10 GMT 1
As an introduction I am just listing the bare details of my tours
2004. From Home to Santiago de Compostela cycle camping pilgrimage. 2340.3 kms from my front door to the Cathedral in Santiago
2005 From Donaueschingen along the Donau Radweg to Bratislava and return -- 51 days in my tent!
2006 from Mulhouse on the Rhein down the Rhein to Rotterdam with a trip up and down the Mosel from Koblenz as a side trip. Over 2400 kms before I got back home!
2007. From Nemours ( SE of Paris) following the Yonne, Saone and Rhone to Avignong and on to Narbonne
2008 Failed tour!
Supposed to be a trip from St Malo in Brittany to Bordeaux and back down the Loire. I got as far as the Dourdogne when I gave up cos of a knee injury. Flew back to uk leaving my velo with a friend and drove out in my little car to complete my route. The weather was attrocious I still managed to cycle some 1500 kms though.
2009 Rotterdam to Berlin
Drier than 2008 ( just) but lots of fierce storms. I was very over weight and unfit. But enjoyed completing 1761 kms by the time I got back home
2010 Getting a bit "long in the toth" and I thought my 2009 tour would be my last --- but I have planned a tour down the Loire for 2010 and have already booked my outward and return journey by "Bike Express" Hopefully it will be drier that 2008. I shall as usual celebrate my birthday during my tour.
2004. From Home to Santiago de Compostela cycle camping pilgrimage. 2340.3 kms from my front door to the Cathedral in Santiago
2005 From Donaueschingen along the Donau Radweg to Bratislava and return -- 51 days in my tent!
2006 from Mulhouse on the Rhein down the Rhein to Rotterdam with a trip up and down the Mosel from Koblenz as a side trip. Over 2400 kms before I got back home!
2007. From Nemours ( SE of Paris) following the Yonne, Saone and Rhone to Avignong and on to Narbonne
2008 Failed tour!
Supposed to be a trip from St Malo in Brittany to Bordeaux and back down the Loire. I got as far as the Dourdogne when I gave up cos of a knee injury. Flew back to uk leaving my velo with a friend and drove out in my little car to complete my route. The weather was attrocious I still managed to cycle some 1500 kms though.
2009 Rotterdam to Berlin
Drier than 2008 ( just) but lots of fierce storms. I was very over weight and unfit. But enjoyed completing 1761 kms by the time I got back home
2010 Getting a bit "long in the toth" and I thought my 2009 tour would be my last --- but I have planned a tour down the Loire for 2010 and have already booked my outward and return journey by "Bike Express" Hopefully it will be drier that 2008. I shall as usual celebrate my birthday during my tour.
