NordSeaCycleTour 2018 ich will dann mal weg  

Done - we're back!!

After 91 days and 6,539 km (real km - excluding ferries, flights, etc.!) I - We - have arrived home safely. Our families have welcomed us back. We will surely remember this tour...

After visiting The Hague and Amsterdam, I have been cycling through the beautiful landscapes of North Frisia for two days with sunshine and a tailwind. I almost flew over the...

Belgium and Holland are exemplary in terms of cycle paths and signage. The official cycle path goes through the dunes, very well developed, if not asphalted, then paved and...

Done, I'm back on the mainland. On Monday, I took the ferry from Dover to Dunkirk in France. Just like on the crossing to Sweden, cyclists have to take the same ramp onto the...

Dirk and Klaus have arrived in the Netherlands. Here is a brief travel report from the two of them: when you think of Holland and cycling, you imagine wide, well-developed and...

The National Cycle Route 1 accompanied us on our tour through England for a long time. One reason for me to ride it all the way to Dover. The route leads from north to south...

He`s crazy... our B&B host comments on my plan to bike through London... now I have arrived in London and I am really surprised. I have cycled almost 50 km today along...

This morning Dirk and Klaus sailed back to the mainland - they will continue the North Sea bike tour from there. Dirk has accompanied me for nearly 5,500 km and 77 days, day and...

In the last few days, we have been cycling through 'Holland' - precisely: the Holland Fen. An area that was drained in 1767. It reminds a lot of Holland, for example, the many...

Day Two in the national park, we cycle towards the North Sea again, a lot of steep paths in the morning - that's tough on the legs. Sometimes pushing is necessary, sounds simple...

where do we go?

We are thrilled with Scotland, signage cycling path was 1A very good, landscape endless expanses, everything included - great! Friendly and enthusiastic cyclists, always a...

Hamburg is now in second place, Edinburgh is unbeatable, full of attractions, but also full of tourists. The journey itself was a highlight, three bridges, motorway, country...

A few days ago we met some motorcyclists from Germany - after we told them how long we've been on the road, one of them approached us and put his nose to our T-shirt.......

Bikes on the roadside

and who invented it? Railway history in the UK. After the challenging days in the Highlands, we have been driving through flatter areas for a few days. Agriculture dominates...

We reached the northernmost tip of Scotland in beautiful weather and strong headwinds on 05.06..... John O’Groats is a very small place and only well known because of its...

2nd/3rd June. Just in time, Klaus reached us, now the three of us can cycle in the Highlands. We spend a whole day on the highland plateau, isolated and peaceful, surrounded by...

Well, you have bikes with you?

30.05. - decided to take a day off today... the city is a magnet for tourists from all over the world, there are two luxury liners in the port. We decide to explore the city on...

In the last few days we have passed through many different landscapes. From Egersund we went up the mountains again, partly on the old railway line it goes up into the...

THE WILDEST ROAD IN THE COUNTRY - and we conquered it today. Today we tackled the steepest climbs of our tour through Norway - partly on adventurous paths and narrow roads. Old...

The mountains are calling - Norway, North Sea bike tour In the past few days, we have cycled through very diverse landscapes, occasionally catching sight of the North Sea and...

here it goes downhill fast