I would like to forget day 7 of this trip, my cold virus that started a few days ago has come into form. No energy, tired, congestion, scratchy throat, all the good things. Yes the pharmacy person was right, I should have been sleeping and resting instead of traveling to watch a bike race and […]
Read More Last two days in Brussels, Day 7 & 8We are off on another rail and looks like bus adventure. Early rise today as we have many miles to cover before we camp out and watch more men’s and women’s races. The weather is still cool with the expectation of rain, of yea, just what I needs as I try to recover from this […]
Read More Schoten via Antwerp, Day 6 and the SchelderprisWhen I was here with Bushy in 2017, we didn’t realize how lucky we were with the weather. I don’t remember any rain days at all, cool, maybe cold at times and windy but no rain. Fast forward to 2024 and so far, Saturday/rain, Sunday/rain, Monday/rain, Tuesday/overcast, Wed./rain, I may be a bit ahead of […]
Read More Weather day in Brussels instead of Ghent, Day 5, Tuesday.Another chance of adventure at hand. Today we are off to Brugges via bike, bus, and rail. The pan is for a casual tourist day in Brugges as well as a short bike ride around the town of Brugge. The challenge is getting to Brussels Centraal rail station with the bike. I haven’t seen a […]
Read More Casual and bike day in Brugges, day 4Today we attempt to negotiate the bus routes and rain routes to get to Oudenaarde, site of the finish of our first Spring Classics, Tour of Flanders. The alarm is set for 7 A.M. which is again entirely too early. I was up for an hour or so in the middle of the night so […]
Read More Day 3, Sunday, Ronde van VlaanderenWhat is that NOISE!!! Oh no, it is my phones new alarm music. I’ve only heard it a few times, and I am starting to hate it. It didn’t help that I woke up midway through the night and was a wake for 1-2 hours, jet lag! I left the phone in the kitchen, so […]
Read More Day Two, discovering and learningThis was one of the least planned as far as time spent prior to travel but probably the most intense detailed trips I have ever planned. A month in mostly Belgium and some France loosely based on a prior trip I did with my Aussie buddy, Bushy in 2017. The idea started with Bushy mentioning […]
Read More France & Belgium, day 1I know, I am so close to adding more video. Two more towns until Adelaide and a chance to repair GoPro world. But I have a new fun adventure ready to take flight, literally. I’ll be sharing that for about a month and then back to Port Augusta and beyond, reliving the 2022 adventure. Travel […]
Read More A Pause in the Australian adventures of 2022Kimba, major accomplishment on top of more personal accomplishments than I can count. Kimba is the half way point crossing Australia. I’ve ridden all the kilometers from Perth so far, even though I had a major confidence hit back the day we attempted a “camp out” in WA in the Nullarbor. Roughly speaking, we’ve ridden […]
Read More Halfway, Kimba South AustraliaSmoky Bay To Minnipa and back to Highway A1 Highlights and a few lowlights of the day. Mostly highlights! After 1 plus days off recovering, we were rested and ready to be back on the bikes. Alarm at 6, up and breakfast and on the road by about 7:30 as usual to an overcast, cool […]
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