Tag: #Cycletrippin

  • A weekend of cycling in the Netherlands

    A weekend of cycling in the Netherlands

    A weekend of cycling to get some bugs out of the systems. I’m preparing myself for a multi-day cycle trip at the end of August and needed to see if the body could take multiple days of physical activities in excess of 100 km a day. At the same time, I also tested out some…

  • Bike Ride Amsterdam to Leeuwarden via Afsluitdijk

    Bike Ride Amsterdam to Leeuwarden via Afsluitdijk

    Today I rode my bike to Leeuwarden in Friesland via Afsluitdijk, the distance that I clocked was 162 km. The weather was good with an SW wind.

  • Friday cycle ride from Amsterdam to Dordrecht

    Friday cycle ride from Amsterdam to Dordrecht

    It was a great day for cycling, I set out to cycle from Amsterdam to Roosendaal in Southern Netherlands, I was doing a one direction ride which I do on days after a hard workout.

  • A January bike ride on the Island of Lanzarote

    A January bike ride on the Island of Lanzarote

    I recently visited the Island of Lanzarote, part of the Canaries, I was there for a week of R&R, I did not have biking on my mind when going to Lanzarote, seeing so many people cycling, I got the permission from the better half to rent a bike and go for a ride. I did…

  • Cycletrippin – Wewelsfleth Germany to Oldenburg Germany (abandon)

    Cycletrippin – Wewelsfleth Germany to Oldenburg Germany (abandon)

    I got to Wewelsfleth Germany around 19:00 last night, I had a hard time to find the place I was going to stay at, I saw a man smoking a cigarette outside a bar, asked him if he knew how to get to the address I had written down, he had no idea, I went…

  • Cycletrippin – From Tønder Denmark to Wewelsfleth Germany

    Cycletrippin – From Tønder Denmark to Wewelsfleth Germany

    I had stopped for the night at the Abild Hotel Tønder, Denmark, the room at Abild Hotel was large, comfortable double bed, the shower/toilet was shared, clean enough to have a shower, it was a little difficult for me to stand up in the shower as the ceiling was slanted were the shower had been…

  • Cycletrippin – Long ride from Aalestrup to Tonder

    Cycletrippin – Long ride from Aalestrup to Tonder

    Today’s ride was a long one over 230 km, I started in the morning in Aalestrup where I had stayed at the Hotel Simested Kro. I had a great sleep, woke up early had my breakfast – that is what I like staying in small hotels or B&B – you always have a breakfast option.…

  • Cycletrippin – Entering Denmark

    Cycletrippin – Entering Denmark

    I have left Sweden behind, I took the Stena Line ferry to Frederikshavn – today I been cycling through parts of Jutland. Jutland (Danish: Jylland), historically also called Cimbria, is the name of the peninsula that juts out in Northern Europe toward the rest of Scandinavia, forming the mainland part of Denmark. You can find…

  • A evening in Gothenburg

    A evening in Gothenburg

    I’m in Gothenburg, Sweden – tomorrow I will take the ferry towards Frederikshavn in Denmark, I’m staying the night at Linnéplatsens Hotell & Vandrarhem. Linnéplatsens Hotell & Vandrarhem is located very central in Gothenburg, it offers both hostel and hotel room, I have opted for the hostel where I will share a room with bunk…

  • My 1st ????

    My 1st ????

    I was out cycling around the old neighbourhoods where I grew up, the first part of my life I lived in Enskede from the age 0 to 9, we moved when I was 9 years old to Vendelsö which is further south from Stockholm. While biking around I came up with the idea to take…