Welcome to the blog of our latest adventure. Julie has conferences in Holland and then in London in Nov/Dec 2014, so we decided to turn this into a cycle tour opportunity. I will fly to Frankfurt on 8 November, put the bike together at the airport, and set off for the Rhine. I will take a week to ride the Romantic Rhine, with a brief side tour up a bit of the Mosel, before finally heading for the town of Arnham in Holland, where hopefully I will link up with Julie at her conference.
After a few days, I will cycle to Amsterdam where I will connect with Julie, hire a bike for her, and we will cycle a decent loop through the windmill country south of Amsterdam. Julie flies to London for a further conference on 1 December. I will cycle back to Rotterdam, take the ferry to Harwich on the English coast in Essex, and take two days to cycle the final leg to Sunbury Court in London on 5 December.
We will fly home to Sydney on 6 December 2014. It is a total trip of about 1500k, not the biggest we have done, but to experience the wonders of the Rhine, Europe, history and culture is always to be treasured.
The Route
The Itinerary
Germany:
Day 01 9 Nov Frankfurt to Mainz 30k
Day 02 10 Nov Mainz to Bacharach 60k
Day 03 11 Nov Bacharach to Moselkern 90k Detour up Mosel River
Day 04 12 Nov Moselkern to Linz am Rhein 81k Back to Rhine River
Day 05 13 Nov Linz am Rhein to Cologne 75k
Day 06 14 Nov Cologne to Dusseldorf 70k
Day 07 15 Nov Dusseldorf to Wesel 96k
Day 08 16 Nov Wesel to Arnham 97k Holland
Holland:
Day 09 17 Nov Arnham to Lunteren 65k Visit WW2 Cemetery
Day 10 18 Nov Lunteren 80k Day tour
Day 11 19 Nov Lunteren 80k Day tour
Day 12 20 Nov Luteren 80k Day tour
Day 13 21 Nov Luteren to Amsterdam 80k
Day 14 22 Nov Amsterdam 65k Day tour
Day 15 23 Nov Amsterdam 50k Day tour
Day 16 24 Nov Amsterdam to Utrecht 55k
Day 17 25 Nov Utrecht to Gouda 55k
Day 18 26 Nov Gouda to Gouda 65k Tour of Kinderdijk Windmills
Day 19 27 Nov Gouda to Delft 40k
Day 20 28 Nov Delft to Leiden 35k
Day 21 29 Nov Leiden to Amsterdam 90k
Day 22 30 Nov Amsterdam 50k
Day 23 01 Dec Amsterdam to Rotterdam 80k Julie flies to London
Day 24 02 Dec Rotterdam 85k Day tour
England:
Day 25 03 Dec Rotterdam to Harwich 20k Ferry to English coast
Day 26 04 Dec Harwich to Chelmsford 80k
Day 27 05 Dec Chelmsford to London 80k Arrive Sunbury Court
Day 28 06 Dec Heathrow
Day 29 07 Dec Flying to Sydney
Day 30 08 Dec Arrive Sydney/Home to Canberra
