Rain Entries
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A Little Help From Our Friends
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010Us: The rain that falls on our tent this morning doesn't faze us. Our friends are here! Donning our rain jackets, we run over to their bright green van, and climb inside where they are already maki...
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This is Nadine & Felix
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010We have decided to meet up with Tara and Tyler in Nürnberg. We have been missing them since they left Munich, and with a holiday coming up we will make good use of this possibility. They will be c...
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Rainy Day in Rothenburg
Monday, May 31st, 2010Surprise, surprise... more rain! Most of the day was spent warm and dry, under the covers in our big bed at Gastehaus Raidel. We did get up to go to breakfast though! When we descended the first s...
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Manic
Sunday, May 30th, 2010Today was one of those days when the weather was so manic it was almost baffling. One moment it was sunny, and we were happily riding through quaint small towns... (...while eating really delici...
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Altmühltal Cycle Route
Saturday, May 29th, 2010Like every other night in recent memory, it rained heavily. This morning, our well-shaded forest free camp was very chilly and very wet. Thanks to a perfectly timed downpour last night (which caugh...
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Leaving Dachau
Thursday, May 27th, 2010We biked away from Dachau, once again at the late hour of 2PM. Feeling saddened from all we'd seen, we took to the German bicycle path leaving the site for a quiet, grey afternoon of meditative cycl...
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Come and Gone: A Train Story, Part One
Tuesday, May 18th, 20104:30 PM / Tara After a long, cold, wet, hilly day of cycling, we arrive in Sighi?oara? and head directly to the train station. Tyler goes in to ask about tickets to Munich, while I stay outside to g...
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Farewell, Rainy Romania
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010With cartoon clouds, pixels as raindrops, and yellow, zig-zag bolts of lightning featuring heavily on the internet's forecast all week, we were less than enthusiastic about visiting the UNESCO World ...
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Pedaling Upstream
Sunday, May 9th, 2010With everything we needed to thrive at our hard-to-reach Romanian forest free camp, we almost decided to stay another day. Instead, we packed up, said hello to some horses grazing in a nearby pastur...
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Sticky and Rainy
Monday, April 5th, 2010Rain this morning. We muttered something along the lines of "pshhh... forget this", rolled over, and slept through it. Around 11:30 the downpour let up and we roused ourselves from sleep feeling ve...
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Wet and Cold
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010A sickly drizzle of freezing rain patiently waited to receive us this morning. As we stuffed ourselves during our last continental breakfast at the Grand Hotel in Potenza, we were blissfully unaware...
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Sicily at Last
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009We took it slowly this morning, making crepes for the first time in what felt like ages. When we set out, we were hoping against hope for a flat day but of course, it was anything but! Like yesterd...
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Epic Storm
Friday, October 23rd, 2009When the alarm went off this morning I could scarcely hear its persistent beeping over the noise outside. A train screamed by, shaking the ground beneath us, and the natural world seemed to be engag...
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What Rain?
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009Bring it on nature! When it was time to pack our things in the rain this morning neither of us even flinched. Not soon after we left, the drizzle turned into a fierce downpour that didn't fully let...
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Feeling Capable
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009When we groggily awoke to rain pattering on our tent roof, we promptly rolled over, slept in, and let nature run its course. Thankfully by 9AM the gray sheet of clouds had drifted out to sea, taking...
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South for Winter
Sunday, October 18th, 2009We've been contemplating several different routing possibilities to wrap up our tour of Italy for several days now. Today, as we approached the point where the roads diverged and decision-making bec...
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Just us Chickens
Saturday, October 10th, 2009This morning began with a quiet thunder rumbling in the distance. Instead of ignoring the faint percussion, leaving our comfort to chance, I sprang to attention, shook Tyler awake and together we to...
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Tuscan Thunder
Monday, September 14th, 2009The morning began with a series of short but brutal hills; a not-so-gentle reminder that the Po River Valley is well behind us. The moment we reached the top of our first 200 meter climb the Tuscan ...
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Geneva
Sunday, August 2nd, 2009We decided early in the afternoon that we would go to Geneva, thinking it would be nice to do something productive during our rest day. I'm not sure what I was thinking when I suggested this; we def...
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Early Rising
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009The alarm went off at 6:30 AM. Its incessant beeping mingled nicely with the sound of rain falling heavily against our tent. Oh rain. We've been meaning to start earlier for at least a week and to...
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Even More Rain
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009Once again, the day began with rain. For a change, we were dry and so was our gear. Thank you Pierre! We spent the morning taking advantage of the many amenties we have taken for granted all of ou...
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Chez Pierre & Julien
Monday, June 8th, 2009We awoke to the standard drumming of rain against our tent this morning. Yesterday Tyler steeled himself against the downpour, getting soaked to pack the bikes, while I stayed dry getting things org...
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Home in our Tent
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009It was raining when we woke up this morning. We are only about a day's ride from Plymouth and ahead of "schedule" so we decided to take the day off. Yesterday was particularly difficult for me for ...
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Land's End
Monday, May 25th, 2009On our way out of camp this morning, we met Nick and Bronwin, a really nice couple who were on their very first cycling & camping adventure. They had taken the train from London to Penzance, and the...
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Hearth & Home
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009Once again, we waited out the rain this morning. When the alarm went off we promptly turned it off and rolled over, the sound of the raindrops in our ears. Tyler was fed up and decided that if it k...
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Logistics
Monday, May 18th, 2009This morning was really, really trying. The sky looked promsing as we hauled everything out of our wooded free camp into the field we had sneaked into last night. Things quickly took a turn for the...
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Pain in the Neck
Sunday, May 17th, 2009I woke up to the sound of the rain with a really stiff, painful neck this morning. I'm not sure what I did to it, but I could hardly move my head! I did neck stretches (while yelping) as we waited ...
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Steak Dinner
Saturday, May 16th, 2009Another morning in England, another morning of rain! With spirits slightly sour about the prospect of another rainy ride we headed to the Glastonbury Abbey for a bit of sightseeing before we left to...
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Glastonbury
Friday, May 15th, 2009I was relieved this morning to wake up to dry skies. It was a little annoying packing as our things were still damp and icky from yesterday, but at least they weren't sopping wet. While I worked, T...
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Peaceful in the Rain
Thursday, May 14th, 2009We had a really nice ride today, the first half of which was beautiful and the second half of which was equally beautiful with the addition of misty landscapes and pouring rain. Neither of us paid a...
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Rainy Day Off
Thursday, April 30th, 2009We decided last night that if it was raining in the morning, we would take a rest day and Tyler would get some work done. So when we awoke to the pounding of water against our tent we sloshed into t...
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Sopping Wet
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009The weather was supposed to be sunny all day today. Tyler and I packed up camp with high hopes in spite of the overcast skies. In the midst of packing, Pete and Reinette stopped by to say goodbye b...
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Waiting out the Rain
Monday, April 27th, 2009While we were in town yesterday it dawned on me that we are surrounded on all sides by mountain climbing shops, mountain climbing gear and mountain climbers yet we know nothing about the mountains in...
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Right at Home
Saturday, April 25th, 2009We left Cockermouth today for the town of Keswick in the heart of the Lake District. Fresh from two days of rest we were both energized and ready to hit the road. As we pedalled out of town I had a v...
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Resting at The Rook
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009While our free-camp spot was technically great, neither of us slept very well. It was extremely windy and the confined space in which we placed our tent didn't allow room to stake the rain fly down....
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Rainy Day Ride
Saturday, April 4th, 2009This was a very, very hard day and it seemed like nothing could go right. We awoke to cold, pouring rain, and had to pack up camp with everything sopping wet. In retrospect, it would have been nice...
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Rain Gear (Showers Pass)
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008The rain gear we want for the trip is terribly expensive so we've been hunting for deals the last few weeks. Last night Tara discovered Team Estrogen (already the most affordable vendor for Showers...