Europe on a bike
In and around Chemnitz, Germany
We're cycling from Budapest and getting back to England in 2 weeks.
Myself and Joe will be regularly updating this page so pop back to see where we are and how things are going. I'll try and put up suitablily cheesy pictures of us too.
I'd like to say a big thank you to everyones support we have managed to raise a lot of money so far and you can see how its going on our fundraising page.
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler David and Joe
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Budapest - day 1
Hey people !!
well we promised regular updates so here's our first one. Apologies if the spelling and punctuation is awful but Im typing this... Continue reading »
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Bratislava - Day 3
Okay guys its my turn you've listened enough to Joes witterings. We cycled from Gyor to Bratislava Joe fell off his bike for the tenth time its always... Continue reading » -
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middle of Hungary - follow the Danube ! - day 2
Got up - both knew we had a big day - Dave put his favourite T Shirt on - its scary how homosexual one guy can look in a cycling T shirt ... <... Continue reading »
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Brno day 4
We covered 94 miles today and really paid for it afterwards. We started the Joe profanity index today ... today the Joe profanity index reach... Continue reading »
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Jihlava day 5
Joe went straight passed the limit of his profanity index today and just went quiet. Outside Brno we were meet with lus... Continue reading » -
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Just outside Prague
Another grueling day both of us are really finding this tough we had another 94 mile day. We passed through the area of Bohemia which was stu... Continue reading »
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Louny Czech Republic day 7
A day on the main roads today, headed into Prague for our lunch a big bowl of pasta, then steak and chips. I did not think Joe was going to make... Continue reading » -
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Across the mountains into Germany !!
Well, we started the day in our abandoned hotel, sitting in a 1970s retro dining room eating scrambled eggs contemplating the 20 to 30k c... Continue reading »
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Barbels Bistro - day 9
We woke up feeling pants ... We knew it was going to be a tough day because we were both still in pain from yesterdays mountain trail. Breakfast wa... Continue reading »
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Rest day over ! - day 10
we got up the following day to find our clothes cleaned and hanging up outside our room. We remembered our promise to go visit Pear so we left Barb... Continue reading »
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We hate Kassel !!
We got up and the day started well. Breakfast was good and we found a cycle shop where I could buy a couple of things for my bike.
Note to p... Continue reading »
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All signs point to Kassel !!
We cycled 3 then 4 then 5 miles uphill to leave Kassel. It seemed like it was pulling us like a tractor beam. Every set of signs we came across for... Continue reading »
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Get around the cities ... day 13
We looked on the map and saw a huge built up area before us. Dortmund looked like the most enormous industrialised area we had come across. We knew... Continue reading »
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Through the strawberry fields into Arnhem, Holland ...
The roads became flat and the motorists became cycle friendly - we sped across the border into Holland. Surely the end was now in sight.
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This could be Rotterdam ... day 15
by this point we knew we'd done it - the journey was almost over. We followed up the river to Rotterdam soaking up the scenery ..
There were... Continue reading »
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Day 16 - 25 mile cycle to the Hook of Holland
We did it !
We did it !!
We did it !!!
We caught our ferry @ 3.30pm from the Hook of Holland and now we're home ...
W... Continue reading »
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