Biking to the Black Forrest

I leave in a couple of hours for Harwich for another trip to Europe. The end destination is the Black forrest and a visit to Martin Heidegger’s hut and the Touratech HQ and shop. The first day’s travel is about 400k aiming for a campsite on the Rhein.

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Here’s a suggested musical soundtrack:

By the Rhein

same tune at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVcmRR5urFs

then the cowboy version at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRke2ty8Q0Y

Then further south there’s this classic from 1965 – the theme starts at 0:23 so don’t stop before then
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wldcc8uxMLU

then there’s the Hammond organ version

Finding the Thames path

A rare Saturday spent in London found me and H taking the riverboat from Bankside to Greenwich (£10 or so with an Oyster card – they hurry people on and off and move at high speed making the point they are definitely not a tour boat) and taking a short hot walk down the Thames path towards the east in the direction of but not going anywhere near the Thames barrier. A few of the photographs are below.

A gem we found was the Trafalgar Tavern in Greenwich, cool and uncrowded inside, but it turns out with variable reviews.

Ride to Dunwich

At last some warm and sunny days and the prospect of sitting by the sea pulled me over to Dunwich, 75 miles from Cambridge. Its a beautiful ride on the A1120, after a short blast on the A14 watching out for speed cameras. Above the stoney beach is the Dunwich Tea Rooms where you can buy a pot of tea and a scone for £3.75.