Imstenraderbos

Today’s exercise consisted of a very cold 10km walk through local woodlands. It was barely zero degrees when I set off to find a posted

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Mamelis

I haven’t ridden my cycle since 28th October, mainly because of the continuous extreme weather conditions. However I have pedalled the equivalent of 1002 kilometres

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Twenty Twenty One

2021 was an interesting cycling year for me. At the beginning of the year I relocated to Heerlen in South Limburg. This is in the

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December

This is the second month in succession when extreme weather discouraged me from any outdoor cycling. Instead I used my indoor spinning bike on 14

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November

November’s outdoor cycling activities were non-existent  due to continuing extreme weather conditions in South Limburg. However, this has not stopped me accumulating 536 km on

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Spinning

Last week I went to my local gym for a free trial of the facilities. I was only really interested in cycling exercise and used

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October

Weather conditions here in South Limburg have been truly awful this month. Heavy rain and extreme winds certainly put a dampener on my cycling activities.

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Bingelrade

Thursday’s cycle ride was a nice 58 km circuit through the countryside to the north and east of Heerlen. Warm sunshine greeted me as I

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Vennbahn

The Vennbahn is a 125 km cycle route from Aachen (Germany) to Troisvierges (Luxembourg). It follows the route of the disused Vennbahn railway line and

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Monschau

Monschau is a small German town with medieval origins, in the western state of Nordrhein-Westfalen. To the east is the impressive Eifel National Park and

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