Running, Cycle Touring and Roaming with Simple Living and Slow Travel
May 27 - Regensburg to Bad Gogging Well, today’s ride was the best we’ve had in Germany so far. It had great paths, great experiences, great weather and it scored top marks for Germany. We rode back through the centre of Regensburg again this morning to collect some supplies for the road and then we... Continue Reading →
May 26 - Straubing to Regensburg Who needs a wake up alarm when you have the thin nylon walls of a tent and a cacophony of birds. I was awake at 4:45 with the dawn chorus in full stereo outside. Well, I’m awake now, might as well leave those members of the team who can... Continue Reading →
May 25 - Deggendorf to Straubing After the hiccups of yesterday, today was a whole lot easier and we took it easy - a shorter ride and taking our time along the way to stop and look at things, visit some towns and not a detour to be seen. I got the day off to... Continue Reading →
May 24 - Passau to Deggendorf Anyone would think we were in a leg of The Amazing Race, heading into the pit stop, the number of roadblocks and detours we had today. We planned to ride to Deggendorf, where we had a campsite waiting for us. The sun shone, the wind was light, it was... Continue Reading →
May 23 - Passau What a nice relaxing day, pottering about, roaming and exploring, getting some jobs done and no hurry at all. But, first things first…the rain stopped! The day started grey and then…and then…it turned blue. BLUE! The sky can actually turn that colour again. Amazing! It turned into a beautiful warm day... Continue Reading →
May 22 - Aschach an der Donau to Passau As we readied ourselves to ride away from the Renaissance castle, we considered our layering options. What should we wear. We threw caution to the wind, donned a veil of optimism and rode off without wearing our coats. The sky was grey and there was definitely... Continue Reading →
May 21 - Linz to Aschach an der Danau Flamin’ Nora, it’s still raining! We looked out the window this morning to see grey and distinct and visible rain plonks leaving their ripples in puddles below us. Rain. Again. Another day of being wet. We faffed about quite a bit this morning, leaving later than... Continue Reading →
May 20 - Au an der Donau to Linz Aaaaaand we’re back. After a short interlude of three days with fine weather, normal programming has been resumed. It rained. Again. I got in a short, quick run this morning back along the Danube path. What an absolutely top spot to run. Having a path to... Continue Reading →
May 19 - Melk to Au an der Donau I left Steve to his slumber in the west wing of the Nylon Palace while I stood in the campsite bathroom commandeering a powerpoint to recharge devices, before the morning ablutions rush and before I completed my own morning routine. The day dawned clear and crisp,... Continue Reading →
May 18 - Krems to Melk “Hallo" is the one German word I feel confident saying, since it’s a direct translation of “Hello” and virtually identical so it rolls off the tongue with ease. So confident am I in the use of this one word, that I was reciting it with abandon today. We packed... Continue Reading →
Run. Ride. Roam. 