Unpacking the bike at the Kemp's place in Upper Basildon
Arriving at the Ferry Terminal in Portsmouth
View of our ferry in St Malo, France
Sandy in St Malo
Old walled St Malo
In side the walled town
Our first day camping in France, St Malo
Approaching Dinan
Viaduct in Dinan
Market in Dinan
Lunch in Dinan, Yummy crepes
Old buildings in Dinan
Stopping for pastries in the small village of Megrit
Approaching Ereac
Church in Ereac
County side in the heart of Brittany
Country side in the heart of Brittany
Castle in Josselin
Dinner and Camping in Josselin
St Jean Brevelay, Brittany
More pastries
Lunch en route to Carnac
Snack in Auray - this was our only visit to McD's in 4 months
Menhirs and Dolmers at Carnac
Beach at Carnac
Tourist shops in Carnac
Tourists in Carnac
Leaving Carnac for the Loire Valley
Port at La Trinite near Carnac
Old Village/Port at Auray
Port Auray
Cycle track near Theix
View of La Roche Bernard
Riverside camping at La Roche Bernard
Downtown La Roche Bernard
More downtown
La Roche, Bernard
Liberation Day - Pont Chateau
Snacking on chausson aux pomme at Montjean
Cathedral in Nantes
On the wall of the Nantes Chateau
Nantes Chateau
Nantes Street, which one is Carl?
First sight of the Loire River
Loire River
Loire River in flood near Montjean
Loire in Flood
Old house at Montjean
Packing our bike in Angers forour train journey to Toulouse
Camping in Toulouse
Cite de L'espace - European Space Agency, Toulouse
Lunch at St Orens, South of Toulouse
Countryside on route to Revel
More country side
Lake at St Ferreol near Revel
St Ferreol
On the hills south of Lake St Ferreol
Village and Castle ruin at Saissac en route to Carcassone
Saissac
View of Carcassone from our campsite
Carcassone
inside carcassone
Fileds of poppies en route to Narbonne
First view of the Meditteranean at Le Cap D'Agde
Harbour ar Cap D'agde
Stopping for a snack near Sete
Cafe creme at Sete
Sandy in the Med at Frontignan Plage
Pink flamingos at Carnon Plage
La Grande Motte on Med Coast
approaching Aigues-Mortes
Visiting Perrier, home of the mineral water, South of Nimes
Perrier gardens
Perrier homestead and museum
Maison Carree, Nimes
Maison Carree
Running bulls in Nimes
More bull running in Nimes
Les Arenes, Nimes
Pont Du Gard, 14 BC
POnt Du Gard
Pont Du Gard
Start of a stage in the Grand Prix Du Midi Libre
Teams
Gendarmarie supporting the race
Team car
En Route from Pont Du Gard
Avignon
View from Camp toward Avignon
Palace of the Popes, Papacy located here in 1300s due to division in Italy
Partially destroy pont on the Rhone
Ruin near Chateau Nurf de Pape
Famous Rhone vines
Theatre in Orange
Arc in Orange
Castle ruin at Crest
St Nazaire-en-royans, working aquaduct
Town of St Naz-en-Royans
Gorges de la bourne
Road signs
Hills, gorges and bridges
More hills
still more hills
The lovely lake at Annecy
downtown Annecy
En route to Geneve from Annecy
Lunch in hills South of Geneve
Start of Rhone in Geneve
Lunch on the South shore of Lac Leman
Lac Leman, view toward Montreux
Murtan, Switzerland en route to Bern
Bern
Chruch in Bern
Water fountain in Bern
More fountains in Bern
Our camping site in Bern
More Interlarken
Downtown Interlarken
Furnicular Raiway at Interlarken
Yet anothter view over Interlarken
Another view over Interlarken
Interlarken
Leaving Bern
Swiss farm house
Another swiss farm house
taking a break
More farm houses
Basel
Old train tunnel
Lorrach
Todtnau
South of Todtnau
Frieburg, Germany
Titisee, Blackforest
Frieburg
Kaiserstuhl, Germany
Rhine River
Colmar
More Colmar
Still more Colmar
Half timbered houses in Colmar
En route to Strasbourg
Lunch en route to Strasbourg from Colmar
Covered bridge in Strasbourg
More river view in Strasbourg
Strasbourg river/canal boats
Half timbered house in Stasbourg
Dom in Strasbourg
Amazing clock in the main cathedral
Cathedral in Strasbourg
Beaver in our campground in Strasbourg
Following the Rhine, North of Strasbourg
Lunch stop in Weingarten, Germany en route to Heidelberg
More lunch
Cycle path
Heidelberg Schloss
Us with the schloss in the background
Close up at the castle
More castle ruin
View above Heidelberg City
Heidelberg
En route to Worms, Germany, lunch stop and fair at Ladenburg
Cycle cross light near Baden Baden
Outside a thermal spa in Baden Baden
Gateways to Worms, Germany
Another view
Barge on the Rhine, Worms, Germany
Countryside en route to Bingen
Outdoor cafe at our camping ground in Bingen
Aat barge plying the Rhine between Bingen and Koblenz
Views of the Riesling grape in the Rhine valley
One of the many Castles in the Rhine Valley
Another Castle
Bacharach
The castle in the river was for collecting taxes
More castles
Another castle
Start of the Mosel
Mosel near Koblenz
More Mosel
Castle at Cochem
Loch on the Mosel
View of the Mosel at Beilstein
also at Beilstein
Beilstein
And again
Castle ruin at Metternich
Reflection in the Mosel
Bernkastel-kues on the Mosel
Cool shrub en route to Trier
Riding through the vines
The Pont De Nigra, Trier, Germany
Bike park on the cycle route to Luxembourg
Art on cows in Luxembourg
Royal Palace in Luxembourg
views over old luxembourg
Old Luxembourg
Old luxembourg
Outdoor art
More art on cows
General Patton monument at Ettelbruck
Hill country between Luxembourg and Belgium
Cycle track to Bastogne
Bastogne Memorial
Memorial
Town of Bastogne
Lunch stop at Coo en route to Spa, Belgium
Art on horses, Aachen, Germany
Open cast coal mine near Julich
Fighting traffic in Koln
Rhine in Koln
Cathedral in Koln
Carving on Christ in Cathedral
Relics of the Magi in Koln
Awesome window in the Dom
Another view of the Cathedral
Square in centre of Koln
Crowded campground in Koln
Cycle track in the North of Germany, after a trainride from Koln to Kiel
Hohwacht on the Baltic Coast
Cross the bridge to Puttgarden
Local beer
en route to ferry to Denmark
Cycle track to Puttgarten
A self supporting bike
Wind turbines near Puttgarden
queuing for the Ferry to Denmark
Deparing Germany
Ferries crossing
A small ferry at Stubbekobing
Coastal view of Denmark
Car and Bike Signs
Poppit in the Poppies
Camp ground in Koge, south of Copenhagen
Mike from New Jersey in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
City model outside the Copenhagen Museum
Jazz festival
Tivoli gardens, Copenhagen
Tivoli
Camp ground in the old fort in Copenhagen
Fredericksborg slot, Hillerod
Viking Museum, Roskilde
Bagel and Coffee at Helsingborg
Booze ferry between Denmark and Sweden, exploiting duty free
Kronborg Slot in Hesingor
Kronborg
View toward denmark from Helsingborg
Red houses in Sweden
more red houses
More red houses
and another
Also lots of trees in Sweden
Lutheran Church at Urshutt
Lake at Tingsryd
Lunch at Kalmar, by a 12km bridge to Oland
Caravan at Tingsryd
Bus to carry bikes over the 12km bridge
one of the 400 Oland windmills
The busy tourist town of Borgholm, Oland. we ate olandskroppkakor and lufsa here.
Very busy camp ground in Kopingsvik, Oland
waiting for the ferry to the mainland from Oland
Near our camp in Okno
The awesome Island of Gotland
View of Visby
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm
Us in Stockholm
View of City and Harbour
Town Hall and City of Stockholm
More harbour
Some of the many ferries
Our ferry to Finland
Hot air balloons over Stockholm
Another shot of the balloons
Nearing Finland
Market in downtown Turku
In the lake at the Jarvinen's summer cottage
The Aitta (bedroom)
Nearing Espoo
Sibelius monument, Helsinki
Sibelius Monument, Helsinki
The Esplanade, Helsinki
The Cathredral
Downtown Helsinki
Market, near the Helsinki waterfront
View of Helsinki
One of the many ferries to Sweden and Germany
Downtown, Amsterdam (we tokk at Ferry from Helsinki to Rostock, Germany and then a train to Amsterdam
The Amsterdam train station
Typical canal and bridge
More canals
Huge bicycle park!
Larger canals through the suburbs of Amsterdam
A very crowded camping ground (we avoided this one)
Small village north of Amsterdam
Windmill
Durgerdam village on the inland sea
Afsluitdijk, 32km long!
Monument to the dam building workers
Reconstruction of a Dutch East India Vessel - Batavia in Lelystad
Edam - where the famous cheese comes from!
The Zaanse Schans open air museum
Bikes outside the Den Haag railway station
An example of the excellent signs on the cycle paths
The cycle track between Sluis, The Netherlands and Brugge, Belgium
The cycle route follows the canals
One of the many car ferries crossing waterways across the Netherlands
The Village of Brielle
The Oosterscheldedam, this is huge!
A bridge is raised to let through boats
This means "all directions" - so no matter where you are headed, this is the road you want.
Streets and canals of Brugge
Downtown brugge
Brugge Square
Downtown Ghent
The guild halls in Brussels
More guild halls
Paris North Railway Station, we took a train from Brussells to here.
Need no caption
By night
Invalides
Napolean's Tomb
Invalides ceiling
The Arc de Triomphe and Champs Elysees
Versailles garden
The Seine
Notre Dam
Street entertainment
The modern entrance to the Louvre
Versailles
Hall of Mirror, Versailles
Rodin Museum, Ugolino sculpture in the pond
The three shades - Rodin
Chateau at Amboise
Chenonceau
Another view of Chenonceau
Yet another view
The gardens at Chenonceau
More gardens
More chenonceau
Still more...
Us near Chambord
Over overall route - Starting and Finishing in the UK.
Route through France, starting in St Malo and then South to Toulouse and the south Coast of France (dotted lines are trains and ferries)
Route (South to North) through the Western side of Germany, Luxembourg and Belgium to Koln, Germany
Our route North through Denmark
We just grazed the Southern tip of Finland
Route (North to South) from Amsterdam to the North West of Belgium
Route (South to North) through Southern Sweden and island hopping to Stockholm
Route (South to North) through Western Switzerland
