This, the second posting of my 2023 European cycling tour, takes me across the Aisne and Oise regions of north-eastern France along their excellent network of bicycle paths and then along the Normandy coast to catch a ferry to England at Cherbourg.
Category: Switzerland
#107 The Eifel and the Ardenne
The start of a new cycling season in Europe: I collect my bike from my friend’s house near Wesel in the German Ruhr and head south to Aachen where I pick up the Vennbahnweg rail trail and then carry on through the Belgian and French Ardennes to the champagne capital of Reims.
#91 The Upper Rhine
Finally back in Germany again for another leasurely ride down the magnificant Rhine.
#90 The Upper Rhône
The second half of my trip up the Rhône where it meanders and zig-zags east towards Geneva and Lac Léman was even better than the first half.
#87 Around Port Phillip Bay
Yikes! The end of November (2021) already and I’ve only ridden 1,300 km in the past 6 months since my last multi-day trip in early May #86 Crossing the Great Divide. I can mostly blame the latest COVID 19 lockdown for this (we did just achieve the world’s record for duration of lockdown, after all…