Author: Beyond Our Day Jobs
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Will we make it to Munich on Day 18? Two Guys One Trike
October 2nd Rain hit the tent hard all night but luckily it had pretty much stopped by the time we were ready to vacate. We packed up the tent in our deep forest location and wheeled the trike back to the path to have breakfast. Some hikers passed and asked if we were okay, and… Read more
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Flying into Bavaria on our new wheel, powered by some delicious treats, on day 17 – Two Guys One Trike
October 1st A new month, a new us. Up early and got the tent down, before enjoying some oats in the forest. We then had a gravel climb out of said forest before joining the roads again. Louis had pinpointed some public toilets in Aulendorf, a mere 18 miles away. With smooth rolling hills and… Read more
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The first official pushing not pedalling of the Trike trip, on Day 16 – Two Guys One Trike
September 30th The morning was bitterly cold again and installing the one new spoke that we could was tough with numb fingers. We then tried to tighten some other spokes so that we could roll to the bike shop. In the cold light of day it turned out there was about 5 or 6 broken… Read more
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A Baltic night, bad morning, broken spokes, border crossings and a buckled wheel on day 15 – Two Guys One Trike
September 29th An extremely chilly night saw temperatures dip to 3°C, and our usual oven of a tent became less oven-y. I slowly put more clothes on inside my sleeping bag as the night went on. Louis it turned out was too cold to sleep for most of the night. I got out of the… Read more
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Tree hurdles and a tiny Swiss visit on Day 14 – Two Guys One Trike
September 28th We awoke to rain and hoped with a little wait inside the tent that it would blow over. It didn’t. We eventually made our way out and to a boulangerie called Grenacker. Which was so fantastic we ended up going in for a second round. We eventually set off, re-found the EuroVelo 15… Read more
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Friday, Day 13, Unlucky for some, Unlucky for us – Two Guys one Trike
September 27th As we departed Strasbourg we stopped at a Lidl to buy our breakfast, lunch and dinner for the day in one go. Prepared for anything. We found the waterside path and headed south, for pastures new. We found the EuroVelo 15, our new route that would take us down to Basel in Switzerland.… Read more
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Strasbourg “we’ll never make it that far” Day 12 – Two Guys One Trike
September 26th It was blowing an absolute gale all night, which the tent only amplified. At around 4am the tent blew over and was sagging onto Louis’ face. He heroically sorted it out and got a few more hours sleep. Our departure was delayed by the morning bike check when Louis found a broken spoke.… Read more
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Germany We Knew Ye Even Less. Back to France, Boulangeries and Boar Hunters on Day 11 – Two Guys One Trike.
The added space of the caravan awning was a real luxury this morning to pack and organise our stuff. Combined with toilet facilities, warm radiators and charging outlets we were off to a leisurely start. As it wasn’t raining we finally made the effort and swapped the pedals and seats around on the trike for… Read more
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Luxembourg We Hardly Knew Ye, Day 10 – Two Guys One Trike
September 24th Luxembourg we hardly knew ye It sounded like we almost got run over in the tent last night as there was a tractor sound so loud at around 11pm, that lasted for an hour. Who knew farmers ploughed and worked that late. We then woke up this morning to the sound of heavy… Read more
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Buckled Wheels, Bye Bye Belgium and Hello Luxembourg 9 on Day’s 8 & 9 – Two Guys One Trike
September 22nd We had a big breakfast feast with the whole family. Really fuelling up, as we seem to do more than actually calorie burning the last few days. Before saying goodbye and being driven to Houffalize to try two bike shops to see what they had in terms of very old style wheels. One… Read more
