Grampies Go in Circles Summer 2013 - CycleBlaze

Grampies Go in Circles Summer 2013

Europe - Clockwise

By Steve Miller/Grampies
5,648 km (3,507 miles) over 87 days between Jul. 19, 2013 and Oct. 13, 2013
Circles: Bouncing Off the Boundaries of Western Europe heart 0
Maps: Even Going in Circles Takes Some Guidance heart 0
A Bit of Local Training: Not That It Seems to Matter heart 0
Slightly Freaking Out, On the Farm: 58 Short Days to Go heart 0
More serious mapping at home, more pretend training on our Island heart 0
Really Circling Now: If circling means running in circles! heart 0
Eco Zones and Equipment Moans heart 0
Everything Came Together heart 0

NETHERLANDS

Day 1: Night Flight to Amsterdam heart 1
Day 2: Schiphol to Badhoevdorp to Amsterdam heart 0
Day 3: Amsterdam to Ijmuiden heart 1
Day 4: Ijmuiden to near Den Oever heart 3
Day 5: Near den Oever to Harlingen, Friesland heart 0
Day 6 Harlingen to Lauwersoog heart 1
Day 7: Lawersoog to Uithuizermeeden: Shooting the Shit heart 3
Day 8: Uithuizermeeden to Drieborg (almost at Germany): Sticks in the Mud heart 0
Impressions of Netherlands heart 0

GERMANY

Day 9: Drieborg to Knock heart 2
Day 10: Knock to Wittmund heart 0
Day 11: Wittmund to Tossens heart 0
Day 12: Tossens to Dorum heart 2
Day 13: Dorum to Hemmoor heart 0
Day 14: Hemmoor to Hamburg heart 0
Day 15: Hamburg heart 0
Day 16: Hamburg to Lagerdorf heart 0
Day 17: Lagerdorf to Westerronfeld (Rendsburg): Too many circles heart 0
Day 18: Rendsburg to Jarplund (nearing Flensburg) heart 2
Northwest Germany in Retrospect heart 0

DENMARK

Day 19: Flensburg to Fynshav (ALS) heart 8
Day 20: Fynshav to Korso heart 0
Day 21: Korso to Roskilde heart 0
Day 22: Ringsted to Copenhagen heart 2
Day 23: Copenhagen to Koge heart 1
Day 24: Koge to Feddet heart 0
Day 25: Feddet to Mons Klint (Isle of Mon) heart 0
Day 26: Mons Klint to Stubbekobing heart 0
Day 27: Stubekobbing to Rostock, Germany heart 0
Denmark in Retrospect heart 0

GERMANY (AGAIN)

Day 28: Rostock to Butzow heart 0
Day 29: Butzow to a deep forest near Loppin heart 0
Day 30: Loppin forest to Zwenzow heart 0
Day 31: Zwenzow to Zehdenick heart 2
Day 32: Zehdenick to Berlin heart 1
Day 33: Berlin heart 0
Day 34: Berlin to Werder: Grampies jump out of Berlin and land on their feet heart 0
Day 35: Werder to Bergwitz heart 0
Day 36: Bergwitz to Markranstadt: We made it! heart 0
Day 37: Leipzig heart 0
Day 38: Markranstadt heart 1
Day 39: Dresden heart 0
Day 40: Markranstadt to Ulm heart 1
Day 41: Ulm to Bad Waldsee heart 0
Day 42: Bad Waldsee to Wangen: Grus Gott! We really are here. heart 0
Day 43:Wangen (Germany) to Rhein Spitz (Switzerland): ... and with a wave to Austria heart 0
Germany (again) in Retrospect heart 0

SWITZERLAND

Day 44: Rhein Spitz to Wil heart 0
Day 45: Wil to Wurenlos heart 0
Day 46: Wurenlos to Aarburg heart 2
Day 47: Aarburg to Sutz (just past Biel) heart 5
Day 48: Sutz to Yvonand heart 2
Day 49: Yvonand to Morges heart 0
Day 50: Morges to In the vines above Satigny, near CERN heart 4
Day 51: Savigny Switzerland to Clarafond, France heart 4
Switzerland in Retrospect heart 0

FRANCE

Day 52:Clarafond to Yenne heart 9
Day 53: Yenne to St Maurice de Gourdans heart 6
Day 54: St Maurice to Communay (Lyon) heart 2
Day 55: Communay to St Vallier heart 1
Day 56: St Vallier to Charmes heart 1
Day 57: Charmes to Meysse (mid day) to Viviers heart 1
Day 58: Viviers to Chateauneuf de Pape heart 1
Day 59: Chateauneuf de Pape to Arles heart 4
Day 60: Arles to Aigues-Mortes heart 13
Day 61: Aigues-Mortes to Villeneuve les Maguelons heart 2
Day 62: Villeneuve to Vias heart 4
Day 63: Vias to Beziers heart 3
Day 64: Beziers to Pouzols heart 2
Day 65: Pouzols to Carcasonne heart 1
Day 66: Carcasonne to Deyme heart 3
Day 67: Deyme to Grisolles heart 2
Day 68: Grisolles to Valence d'Agen heart 3
Day 69: Valence to Lagruere heart 0
Day 70: Lagruere to Espiet heart 1
Day 71: Espiet to Bordeaux heart 2
Day 72: Bordeaux to Carcans-Plage heart 0
Day 73: Carcans-Plage to Point de Grave heart 0
Day 74: Point de Grave to Rochefort heart 0
Day 75: Rochefort to La Rochelle heart 0
Day 76: La Rochelle to St Vincent de Jard heart 0
Day 77: St. Vincent to St. Hilaire de Riez heart 0
Day 78 St Hilaire to St Michel Chef-Chef heart 0
Day 79 St Michel to Ste Luce: Grampies pass 5000 kms! heart 1
Day 80 Sainte Luce heart 0
Day 81: Ste Luce to a train to Paris and Amsterdam heart 0
France in Retrospect heart 0

NETHERLANDS (AGAIN)

Day 82: Amsterdam to Katwijk heart 0
Day 83: Katwijk to Amsterdam heart 1
Day 84: Amsterdam heart 9
Day 85: Amsterdam heart 6
Day 86: Amsterdam, Netherlands to Cobble Hill, Canada heart 1
Amsterdam in Retrospect heart 0
Some Final Thoughts heart 0
What Worked and What Didn't heart 0
Flash: Grampies Go South heart 0