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Notre Dame in Old Glory

Day 29 (July 3): Audierne - Bénodet 75 km - 600 hm / Σ 2190 km - 20870 hm) In the morning, we ride on good roads mostly close to the coast. Dominique complains that this is...

Beautiful beaches

pothole trauma

Day 18 (June 22): Galway - Cliffs of Moher (90 km - 900 hm / Σ 1460 km - 13210 hm) The first 10 kilometers out of Galway are quite busy with a lot of traffic and numerous...

Day 15 (June 20): Sligo - Westport (115 km - 850 hm / Σ 1285 km - 11610 hm) From Sligo, we head south, not very spectacularly. Then through Colloney back to the west. Along the...

Dunlewey Lough

Wild rhododendrons are blooming!

Finally on the EV 1

Day 4 (June 10): Newtonmore - Blair Athol - Aberfeldy (92 km - 750 hm / Σ 429 km / 3650 hm) We're right in the midst of the Highlands. We set off early to arrive on time for our...

Haddo Babies

Preparations We are once again setting off on our journey. After three sections of EuroVelo 13 (Iron Curtain Trail) and the southern part of EV 1 (Atlantic Coast Route), we are...

Day 17 (5.10.): Rovinj - Vrsar - Piran 90 km 1000 hm Yay - in the evening we have crossed the 1000 km mark. For that, we still need to tackle 90 km today, a quarter of which is...

Day 8 (27.9.): Trieste - Rijeka 85 km 1300 hm Start in Trieste at sea level - Arrival after 85 km in Rijeka at sea level. In between, there are 1300 meters of elevation through...

Day 5 (23.9.): Cortina - Lago di Santa Croce 80 km 500 hm As in the previous days, the sun shines in the morning today as well. Throughout the day, clouds gradually gather....

Before the tour: Winter arrives in Mürren

After both of us treated ourselves to nice gravel bikes last year (I as a birthday gift for my 70th), we wanted to use them for multi-day bikepacking tours. The necessary gear...

With a Swiss-German delegation, we can attend the Switzerland vs. Germany Euro match in Frankfurt. Marius has arranged tickets near the field for seven of us - it's an...

Combined train / short cycle stage / S-Bahn 10 June: Nantes - Tours - Nevers - Dijon By local train across France - almost 700 km. If you want to combine train and bike in...

EV Cycling Day 31 (7 June): La Rochelle - Sable d'Olonne -Bretignolles-sur-Mer 125 km The last stages are coming up, and in the next two days we want to get to the mouth of the...

EV Cycling Day 29 (5 June): Montalivet - Royan - Marennes - Ile d'Oléron 110 km We don't leave Montalivet too late because we want to catch the ferry to Royan at 12 o'clock. In...

EV Cycling Day 26 (2 June): St Jean de Luz - Biarritz - Saint Girons 110 km So now we are in France and have to adjust a little - the drivers are less considerate, the beer and...

EV Cycling Day 23 (30 May): Hormillo - Logroño - Estella 80 km From our motorway service station we are on the N 120 and quickly warm up in the cool morning temperatures with a...

EV Cycling Day 20 (27 May): Valladolid - Palencia 50 km Since we only have a short stage today, we take it easy. We've barely left Valladolid before we find ourselves at the...

EV Cycling Day 17 (24 May): La Garganta - Bejar - Salamanca 95 km After breakfast we say goodbye to our hosts Magdalena and Martin and are grateful for their warm hospitality....

EV Cycling Day 14 (21 May): Mérida - Caceres 75 km We set off early, although that is not necessary for today's stage. Accordingly, we arrive at our destination Caceres very...

EV Cycling Day 11 (17 May): Isla Cristina - Valverde del Camino - Minas de Riotinto 105 km In the morning, Dominique notices that the lowrider's mount has come loose on the...

EV Cycling Day 9 (15 May): Lagos - Albufeira - Faro 105 km It is the last full day on Portugal's coast, today along the highly developed Algarve. Lagos is a party town, the...

EV Cycling Day 6 (12 May): Lisboa - Coina (train) - Setubal - Sines 120 km A long stage is planned, but it will be a little longer at the end. More on that later! Because around...

EV 1-Cycling day 5 (10 May) Cabo da Roca - Sintra (30 km) Train to Lisboa Everything looked pretty relaxed for today. 30 km to Sintra, so the expected 600 m of elevation...