Dykeing in Dykeland

Day 32 – 31st July 2020 – Around Nijmegen Despite the huge thunderstorm last night today is again glorious and is expected to be very hot. As we are not able to have lunch here at the Brasserie we agree to meet at a place Annemarie recommends: Herberg Restaurant ‘t Zwaantje It’s about 25km from …
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Ya Just Gotta Lose Something…

Day 31 – 30th July 2020 – Lelystad to Herpen, NL Still can’t get the coffee machine to work, so give up.  As I am packing up the bike, the owner, Adrie, comes out and asks if all is ok… … Continue reading →

Bee, Pee and Coffee… not

Day 30 – 29th July 2020 – Oldenburg, Germany to Lelystad, Netherlands Time to say bye bye to Dori and Janine… they have been wonderful, I have really enjoyed my stay with them.  I am now on my way to Netherlands to meet up with my other very good friend Annemarie who is visiting her …
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Ship Ahoy!

Day 29 – 28th July 2020 – Oldenburg and Wilhelmshaven Today I’m staying over with Dori and Janine in Oldenburg and the plan is to visit a couple of Dori’s friends, Nikki and Anji this morning. Dori says it’s just 10 minutes away… now judging by the 2 hours that became 4 hours yesterday I’m …
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Billy

Day 28 – 27th July 2020 – Braunschweig to Oldenburg via Hannover No dramas this morning for a change. I like it here, seems very quirky and I like quirky!! So today I am going to visit my brother. He is buried in a military cemetery near Hannover. I hope there is a flower shop …
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More Rugby, Whooshing

Day 27 – 26th July 2020 – Czechia to Braunschweig, Germany I go down for breakfast at 9 and again there is no help yourself here. My table is already laid out with a collection of items that I won’t bore you with, but I just have my usual and avoid the sweet sickly cakes …
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Little Grey Balls…

Day 26 – 25th July 2020 – Austria to Czechia via Germany Well this morning was a trip! First of all I put my contact lens in and went to dispose of the packaging and found the bin full of rubbish, including fag butts, not best pleased… I suspect the room wasn’t cleaned after the …
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Three Islands

Day 23 – 22nd July 2020 – Venice, Italy I go to catch the boat to the Rail station but there’s no ticket machine.. Oh no, where do I buy a ticket?  I notice the gate is open and no one is around so I just walk through, naughty I know, but I’ll just feign …
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