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After finishing it was straight to the hotel to warm up… and of course we had to ride there, but we could hardly begrudge one more mile! Friends and family had come out to welcome us back to Berlin and we had a rather wonderful few days drinking beer and not riding the bicycle. WeContinue reading “The Aftermath”

Day 176 After a late finish yesterday it was hard to get an early start from the cottage and we decided not to wake ourselves up with the cobbled section and pottered down to the metalled road. Weaving our way back to the route the weather was decidedly damp and with intermittent light showers weContinue reading “Week 26 Lasne, Belgium to…The Brandenberg Gate, Berlin!”

Day 169 There’s nothing quite like having to put on yesterday’s wet shoes… We’d done a pretty good job getting as much as possible dry in the “bijou” hotel room but there is only so much to be done when as soaked as we were last night! We weren’t feeling the most energetic either andContinue reading “Week 25 Hendaye, France to Lasne, Belgium”

Day 162 A lie in until 8am felt pretty luxurious but then we were raring to go to to box the bike and switch in our new shiny Hope freehub.  If you look carefully you can see the remaining spring… A bit of negotiation to get on the airport shuttle and we went through theContinue reading “Week 24 Halifax to Hendaye”

Day 156 Almost a perfect day… We started out into a great tailwind and flew up alongside the St Lawrence River. Treating ourselves especially to a McDonald’s second breakfast 40miles in before being blown up river to Riviere du Loup. The rain clouds were in front of us and the big skies in Canada wereContinue reading “Week 23 Montmagny to Halifax”

Day 149 Feeling slightly guilty putting on 2 pairs of sock, a pair of shoes and then shoe covers in front on Barefoot Sue’s wonderfully healthy bare feet we set out into a very reasonable temperature this morning.  Beautiful  scenery again alongside lakes and with Autumn colours lingering on.  Halloween is a big deal hereContinue reading “Week 22 Mactier to Montmagny”

Day 142 We’ve made a tactical decision… The irony of being woken up by a thunderstorm in Thunder Bay was not lost on us early this morning… …hoping that it was still the early hours more disappointment came when the alarm went off 10minutes later and after late night of admin and drive belt changesContinue reading “Week 21 Thunder Bay to Mactier”

Day 135 A “getting it done” kinda day. Another cold start and with headwinds most of the way it left Stevie suffering in the bitter blast with Laura hiding behind in her “neck gaiter”.We picked up supplies at a quaint time-gone-by kind of shop, which was just as well as the cafe we were aimingContinue reading “Week 20 Swan River to Thunder Bay”

Day 128 A glorious sunrise start from the wonderful motel after what felt like a well deserved night’s rest. We decided to divert from the less straightforward route through Beaumont (and hoped for some Mark Beaumont like speed to be transferred to us ) as the roads were quite due to it being Thanksgiving! HeadingContinue reading “Week 19 Leduc to Swan River”

Day 121 Back on the road After a wonderfully refreshing stay with Moray and Jose we were up early and ready to see Canada! Weaving our way through the suburbs of Vancouver we crossed some epic bridges and had a bit of off ŕoad section with narrowly avoided a sense if humour failure from Stevie. Continue reading “Week 18 Vancouver to Leduc”