- After a very wet slog up the M1 and M6, the sun came out as we sat down and dried off in a service station
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Turning onto the famed Strata Florida! - IMG 20181007 152613 9
Ten minutes in to the Strata Florida and I've fallen off already - IMG 20181007 152618 0
Ten minutes in to the Strata Florida and I've fallen off already - IMG 20191011 131623
I'd booked a late crossing for safety, but when I got to the terminal they made me wait for the actual train I'd booked. Six of us on bikes turned up within half an hour, all with tickets for the same train, and none of us were allowed an early train :) - IMG 20191012 154824
On to the largest waterfall in the whole of the Netherlands. So big they had to split it into three. - IMG 20191013 111849
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Came across a low-budget Kelly's Heroes - IMG 20191013 151339
Gottingen has a scale model of the solar system, I aimed for Earth first - IMG 20191013 151448
But saw the Sun on the way to it, surprisingly enough. - IMG 20191013 151556
This one has Earth in it - IMG 20191013 151620
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I spent a while looking for Pluto, but didn't find it - IMG 20191013 212501
I got to the campsite in Grillenberg after dark andwhen it was closed, so I didn't get to find out what the instruction was, but I don't like the look of the punishment - IMG_20161006_083054_1.jpg
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- My dutch "chalet" for the first night
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Roni's got GI Jose guarding the cable tie stash - PA062387
This was meant to be a Tesco. First go with the Garmin not too impressive. - PA072394
And we're on the TET! - PA072398
Roni readjusting his panniers to keep them out of the wheel and/or off the trail was a common theme - PA072404.JPG
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"Don't ride into that bit" - PA072409.JPG
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Some very-much-ex dwellings seemingly built out of what their inhabitants were mining - PA072422.JPG
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Greenburys love puddles, apparently. - PA072429.JPG
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I think this was the peak, altitude-wise, of the strata florida. It's all downhill from here! - PA072433
Well, downriver... - PA072434
Really, a bafflingly large amount of the trail is also a riverbed - PA072437
We found this abandoned Jeep and a fire made of camping chairs. Someone had a bad afternoon... - PA072438
Though it's really not obvious what it was they were trying to do - PA072439.JPG
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Still, nice lunch stop :) - PA072442.JPG
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When I say the trail was a bit wet.... - PA072450.JPG
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It's not even like it's long and shallow - PA072453.JPG
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This is the crossing about eight feet after the previous one - PA072458.JPG
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Roni stopped because he heard a clunk that might not have been just a stone. - PA072461.JPG
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He stopped about a hundred yards after the clunk, though - PA072464.JPG
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Another nice place for the DRZ to demand some attention, though - PA072468
Not sure we'll be re-using that... - PA072477.JPG
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I'd intended to get to the curiously-abandoned town of Doel, but getting the late train meant I got here at night, and didn't really fancy walking round an abandoned town at night on my own... - PA114563.JPG
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I asked Kurvigier for windy roads in the Netherlands, and this is what it gave me - PA124574.JPG
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Even the nice roads in the netherlands are dead-straight! - PA134592
It rained for the second half of the first day, so the second one started with greenery! - PA134594
And Germany and its forests and forests of windturbines - PA134597.JPG
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And on to Wewelsburg castle for cake and a coffee! - PA134611
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Found some corners! - PA134632.JPG
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I spent about 20K following these two GLs, never quite fancying the overtake! - PA134677
And then the rain came again - PA134695
Cheeky ferry! - PA134696
Got it all to myself - PA134699
Rather than having to steer, there's a wire strung across the river that just holds the boat in the right place - PA134703.JPG
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And some mountains. Ish. - PA134730.JPG
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I stopped at a McDonalds at Nordhausen for dinner and wifi to find a campsite, and the car park was full of these, little groups of teenagers on them coming and going, too. So much more cool than the British kids on their Peugeot 'peds' - Quick stop at the Hotel Hartenstein for a tea and a coffee, and some memorials
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