| Europe: Legend to become Reality |
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| We Beetle Down to Eugene, Oregon: Oregon Coast Bike Route Preview |
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| Bike Friday: Wrap it Up - Mark it |
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| Bike Friday II: Don't Worry, Be Happy |
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| Portland: Tent City |
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| Lolo Pass: (or not) |
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| Return to Mullan, Idaho |
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| What We Are Thinking Now: (or not) |
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| Bike Friday - the Reveal |
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| Ouch! |
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| What we are thinking now (again) |
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| Gearheads: The Right Tent |
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| Shakedown Cruise: The Mother Ship |
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| Gearing Up: The Mystery Shoppers |
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| Eugene, Oregon: Bike Friday lessons at World Headquarters |
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| Florence, Oregon: Riding at Last |
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| Florence, Oregon: It's Freezing, Up Here |
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| California: Somewhere near Salinas, Lord. |
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| California: This really is not Kansas anymore |
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| Pigeon Point and South: Dora's Dilemma |
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| Punt! |
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| California: Ventura to Carpinteria (and back): A flamboyant and entertaining ride |
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| Venice Beach to Santa Monica (and back): No muscle building for us on the flat path at Muscle Beach |
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| The High Desert: Alert: This page has fairly little to do with cycling! |
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| Arizona: Forests of Saguaro |
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| Vegas: Get us outta here! |
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| Charging: Not bulls or dogs, not hotels or airlines |
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| Lolo Pass - from the easy side |
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| Lock 'em Up: Looking for Peace of Mind |
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| Equipment: Why Do We Have So Much Stuff? |
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| Sleep Tight Sweet Bike: Our bags are packed, we're ready to go (not quite) |
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| You'll get a charge out of this (or maybe not). |
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| It's the Map, it's the Map, it's the Map! |
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| For our more alert readers |
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| Soon to be Grandparents again: It's a......baby |
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| Saving $$$ on WiFi (or not). |
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| Ready? Set? Dunno: It's the night before Jitters |
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| We Perch at Missoula, Montana for a while: Training the next generation of Crazyguys |
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| Happy Birthday: to Steve |
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| The Newest Generation of Crazyguys |
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| Montana - this could be exotic for somebody! |
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| Buying those Bike Fridays: Yet more thoughts on this fascinating subject |
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| The Trip Sort of Begins: "Whitefish" is real |
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| Amtrak!: Heading East! |
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| Montreal: Better than ever |
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ENGLAND |
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| Day 1: Air TransAt: Butterflies and Goodbyes |
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| Day 2: England: Powered by Pudding! |
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| Day 3: London: Impressions of Our First Great City |
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| Day 4:Horley to Ham: Woke Up, It Was a Chelsea Morning (errm, afternoon) |
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| Day 5: Ham to Laleham |
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| Day 6: Laleham to Maidenhead: Having Fun Storming the Castle |
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| Day 7: Maidenhead to Reading and Oxford: Grampies Go to Oxford (But Do Not Make the Grade) |
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| Day 8: Oxford, UK: Inside Oxford |
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| Day 9: Oxford to Wallingford: Messing About in Boats |
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| Day 10: Wallingford to Aldermaston: More river miles on our private boat |
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| Day 11: Aldermaston to Crofton, UK: Move Aside, Trail of the Coeur D'Alenes. Flash: Bush 1 Dodie 0 |
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| Day 12: Crofton to Bath, UK: Ding, ding, Avon Calling |
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| Day 13: Bath, UK: The View From Home |
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| Day 14: Bath to Buckland Dinham: At Home in the Pub |
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| Day 15: Buckland Dinham to Stockton, UK: Ups and Downs in the Downs |
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| Day 16: Stockton to West Dean, UK: Jubilee! |
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| Day 17: West Dean to Romsey, UK: It's a Washout |
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| Day 18: Romsey to Gosport, UK: Stay on Target? |
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| Day 19: Gosport to Chichester |
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| Day 20: Chichester to Lancing, UK: Emma and Stuart Taylor! |
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| Day 21: Lansing to Seaford, UK: A sudden explosion of beauty |
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| Day 22: Seaford to Hastings, UK: 1066, or not |
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| Day 23: Hastings to Burmarsh, UK: A Fine Kettle of Fish |
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| Day 24: Burmarsh to Dover: Up and Over the Cliffs |
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| Day 25: Dover -Castle Day: And the White Cliffs of Dover |
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| England in Retrospect |
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FRANCE |
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| Day 26: Dover UK to Guines, France: Grampies Invade Europe |
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| Day 27: Guines to Moulle (at mid day), then Auchy Au Bois, France |
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| Day 28: Auchy aux Bois to Arras, France: Grampies Land on Their Feet - Again! |
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| Day 29: Vimy Ridge: No Man's Land |
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| Day 30: Arras to Bezons, France: How Are You Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm after They've Seen Paris? |
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| Day 31: Paris |
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| Day 32: Paris: Didier's Paris |
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| Day 33: Paris to Nantes, France: Do Not Try This at Home |
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| Day 34: Brittany: So many Crepes! |
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| Day 35: Nantes to MontJean sur Loire, France: A Perfect Day |
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| Day 36: Montjean to St. Mathurin, France: Fete du Velo |
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| Day 37: St. Mathurin to Montsoreau, France |
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| Day 38: Montsoreau to Savonierres, France: Fairy Tales |
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| Day 39: Savonnieres to Amboise, France: Tour de Tours |
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| Day 40: Amboise to Huisseau sur Cosson, France: Les Vedettes de la TV Francaises! (Stars of French TV!) |
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| Day 41: Huisseau sur Cosson to Beaugency, France |
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| Day 42: Beaugency to Jargeau, France: Frequent Cyclists |
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| Day 43: Jargeau to Gien, France: A Feeling of Well Being |
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| Day 44: Gien to Saint Satur, France: Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bike |
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| Day 45: Saint Satur to Nevers, France: Ground Zero (no, not that Ground Zero) |
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| Day 46: Nevers to Bourbon-Lancy: A Little Like Saskachewan |
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| Day 47: Bourbon-Lancy to Palinges, France: C'est La Carte, C'est La Carte, C'est la Carte! |
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| Day 48: Palinges to Chagny, France: Real bikes |
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| Day 49: Chagny to Verdun sur le Doubs, France: Green or Blue, our way is beautiful (except for Chalons - sort of) |
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| Day 50: Verdun sur le Doube to Dole, France: In Search of Louis Pasteur |
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| Day 51: Dole to Chalezeule (a bit beyond Besancon): Allez! Allez! The Tour de France! |
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| Day 52: Chalezeule to L'Ile sur Doubs: Not Quite Kansas Anymore |
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| Day 53: L'Ille sur Doubs to Mulhouse, France: That's |
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| Day 54: Mulhouse, France to Augst, Switzerland: Hey, where's the cheese and chocolate? |
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| France in Retrospect |
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SWITZERLAND/GERMANY |
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| Day 55: Augst Switzerland to Waldshut, Germany: It's Schnitzel Time! |
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| Day 56:Waldshut to Gailingen, Germany: Dropped in to Switzerland for lunch and then back again for tea |
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| Day 57:Galingen, Germany to Tagerwilen, Switzerland: Switzerland Reconsidered |
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| Day 58: Tagerwilen, Switzerland to Bohringen, Germany: Links, Rechts, Geradeaus (Left, Right, Straight ahead) |
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| Day 59:Bohringen to Tuttlingen, Germany: Where Babies Come From |
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| Day 60:Tuttlingen, Germany: Compulsory Rest Day |
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| Day 61:Tuttlingen to Sigmaringen, Germany: Along the Upper Danube |
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| Day 62: Sigmaringen to Munderkingen, Germany: Real villages |
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| Day 63:Munderkingen to Leipheim, Germany: Peace and quiet (or not) |
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| Day 64: Leipheim to Donauworth, Germany: Schwenningen, begin again |
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| Day 65: Donauworth to Ingolstadt, Germany: Hills and Headwinds but Grampies Get to Third Base (out of Eight). |
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| Day 66: Ingolstadt to Neustadt, Germany (at mid day), then Kapfelberg: It's a long hot road to Regensburg |
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| Day 67:Kapfelberg to Straubing, Germany |
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| Day 68: Straubing to Passau, Germany |
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| Day 69: Passau, Germany: Fun with Friends |
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| Day 70: Passau, Germany: One more look before heading up the Inn |
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| Switzerland and Germany in Retrospect |
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AUSTRIA |
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| Day 71: Passau, Germany to Braunau, Austria |
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| Day 72: Braunau to Holzoster, Austria: New, photos from Fucking, Austria |
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| Day 73: Holzoster to Salzburg, Austria: Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht |
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| Day 74: Salzburg, Austria: The Sound of Mozart's Music |
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| Day 75: Salzburg to Pfarrwerfen, Austria: Riding the thin white line down the mountain, by the iron rail, in the rain. |
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| Day 76: Pfarrwerfen to Irdning, Austria |
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| Day 77: Irdning, Austria: An Inspiring Landscape (with Apple Strudel bonus) |
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| Day 78: Irdning, Austria: The Dachstein! |
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| Day 79: Irdning to Gesause National Park, Austria: Take Me Back to the Rivers of Belief (or not) |
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| Day 80: Gesause National Park to Grossraming, Austria |
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| Day 81: Grossraming to Au (on the Donau), Austria |
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| Day 82: Au to Marbach, Austria: The Weenie Weg |
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| Day 83: Marbach to Krems, Austria: Melk! |
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| Day 84: Krems to Klosterneuburg (Vienna), Austria: Made it to what will be our farthest point East! |
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| Day 85: Vienna |
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| Day 86: Vienna: A quiet second look, or not! |
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| Day 87: Vienna to Salzburg (at 3 p.m.) and on to Ulm: Goodbye Sacher and Mozart (in that order). |
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| Austria in Retrospect |
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GERMANY (again) |
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| Day 88: Ulm to Riedlingen, Germany: Deja Vue (backwards) |
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| Day 89: Riedlingen to Hausen, Germany: Neither thunder and lightening nor rain nor heat.... |
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| Day 90: Hausen to Rottweil, Germany: Onto the Neckar? Not so fast, eh! |
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| Day 91: Rottweil to Tubingen, Germany |
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| Day 92: Tubingen, and onward to Stuttgart, Germany |
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| Day 93: Stuttgart to Kirchheim, Germany |
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| Day 94: Kirchheim to Neckargerach, Germany |
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| Day 95: Neckargerach to Mannheim, Germany |
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| Day 96: Mannheim to Ibersheim, Germany: A Diet of Worms (and more Worms) |
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| Day 97: Ibersheim to Mainz, Germany |
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| Day 98: Mainz to Geisenheim, Germany |
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| Day 99: Geisenheim to Koblenz, Germany: Through the Valley of the Lorelei |
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| Day 100: Koblenz to Bonn, Germany: The Bridge at Remagen (or not). |
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| Day 101: Bonn to Merkenich (beyond Koln) |
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| Day 102: Merkenich (Koln) to Krefeld (Duisburg), Germany |
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| Day 103: Krefeld to Niedermormter, Germany: Hell on wheels |
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THE NETHERLANDS |
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| Day 104: Niedermormter, Germany to Ooij, Netherlands |
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| Day 105: Ooij to Wageningen, Netherlands: We are starting to get the "point". |
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| Day 106: Wageningen to Zeewolde, Netherlands |
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| Day 107: Zeewolde to Lelystad, Netherlands: At the bottom of the Zuiderzee |
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| Day 108: Lelystad to Wijdenes, Netherlands: Let us go to the banks of the ocean, where the walls rise above the Zuiderzee |
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| Day 109: Wijdenes - to Edam and then Ursem: Up with the cows |
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| Day 110: Ursem to Makkum, Netherlands: Over the Afsluitdijk! |
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| Day 111: Makkum to Enkhuizen, Netherlands: Going in giant circles |
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| Day 112: Enkhuizen to Egmond, Netherlands |
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| Day 113: Egmond to Katwijk, Netherlands: Never on Sunday (should you cycle near the beaches of Amsterdam) |
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| Day 114: Katwijk, Netherlands: A day with a master cyclist |
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| Day 115: Katwijk to Brielle, Netherlands |
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| Day 116: Brielle to Zierikzee, Netherlands |
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| Day 117: Zierikzee to Groede, Netherlands: A Day of Serendipity |
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| Netherlands in Retrospect |
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BELGIUM |
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| Day 118: Groede, Netherlands to Brugge, Belgium |
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| Day 119: Brugge to Middelkerke, Belgium |
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| Day 120: Middelkerke to Ieper (Ypres), Belgium: In Flanders Fields |
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| Day 121: Ieper , Belgium to Bray-Dunes, France |
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| Day 122: Bray-Dunes, France to Dover, UK: Grampies Evacuate at Dunkirk |
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| Belgium in Retrospect |
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ENGLAND (Again) |
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| Day 123: Dover, UK |
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| Day 124: Dover to Canterbury, UK (and back): Grampies' Canterbury Tales |
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| Day 125: Dover to Horley, UK: Mostly by train |
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| Day 126: Horley, UK: Goodnight, sweet bikes. |
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| Day 127: London, UK: London Blitz Fails |
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| Day 128: London, UK to Montreal, Canada: It's Over, But Not Finished |
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| Looking back - what we remember most and how it feels to be back.: Hey, get us outta here! |
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| One Last Thing |
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| Have a look at our new journal! |
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