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Central Europe Loop - Day 9
My secret plan for this trip was to cycle all the way back to Montpellier from our starting point in Strasbourg, a near impossibility given the terrain-distance-time combination. Day 9 helped. The nig… more →
Mr. Patterson Goes to Languedoc
OFFICIAL: Standard Liege Sign Olivier Dacourt
footballdirecta wrote 2 months ago: The French midfielder has signed for the Belgian club. Champions League hopefuls Standard Liege have … more →
Central Europe Loop - Day 9
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Gerry Patterson wrote 2 months ago: My secret plan for this trip was to cycle all the way back to Montpellier from our starting point in … more →
Central Europe Loop - Day 8
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Gerry Patterson wrote 2 months ago: Switzerland is a great place to ride a bike. It’s also a decent place to chuck a bike onto pub … more →
The Ridiculous Hills of Switzerland (aka Central Europe Loop - Day 7)
Gerry Patterson wrote 2 months ago: We knew we had a tough day ahead of us, but the gradients of some of the roads in Switzerland are ju … more →
Central Europe Loop - Day 6
Gerry Patterson wrote 2 months ago: Mrs. Collenberg offered to take us down the road and show us where we could hook up with the cycling … more →
Central Europe Loop - Day 5
Gerry Patterson wrote 2 months ago: We rode through 3 countries today and one was not even intended. We hooked left near the eastern end … more →
Central Europe Loop - Days 3 and 4
Gerry Patterson wrote 2 months ago: This morning we started riding on a river that, if we had the time, would take us through 10 countri … more →
Central Europe Loop - Day 2
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Gerry Patterson wrote 3 months ago: This morning we headed out of Steinach on one of the many excellent, traffic-free bike paths to be f … more →
Central Europe Loop - First Day
Gerry Patterson wrote 3 months ago: I really don’t have a good idea of a name for this trip, so I’ll just go with the one ab … more →
Eleven-Match Ban For Standard Liege's Axel Witsel Over Horror Tackle
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footballdirecta wrote 3 months ago: The young midfielder has been suspended until 23 November. The Belgian FA (KBVB) have handed Standar … more →
Thinking Big
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Gerry Patterson wrote 5 months ago: Hey, did I ever tell you my dream? I want to cycle around the world before my time is up. I used to … more →
EuroVelo
Gerry Patterson wrote 5 months ago: Think of it as a Eurail Pass without the $500 price tag, the long, sweaty queues at train stations, … more →
Flashback #13 - Camino de Santiago, Spain - 2001
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Gerry Patterson wrote 6 months ago: As I begin to write this entry I find it more than a little curious that I now live in a town with a … more →
Giro d'Italia 2009
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Gerry Patterson wrote 6 months ago: I can’t really call myself a sports fan, but for the past few years I’ve been glued to t … more →
Barcelona to the Pyrenees - Day 4
Gerry Patterson wrote 8 months ago: After three days of ‘white’ roads that didn’t behave like white roads at all (sorr … more →
Barcelona to the Pyrenees - Day 3
Gerry Patterson wrote 8 months ago: The ride out from Begur was pretty average I have to say. Most of the day we had a major road with t … more →
Barcelona to the Pyrenees - Day 2
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Gerry Patterson wrote 8 months ago: As soon as we left our buffet breakfast we started to climb, and it was a roller coaster ride till l … more →
Barcelona to the Pyrenees - Day 1
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Gerry Patterson wrote 8 months ago: Finally after nearly a year in France we took a proper vacation (although some of you have noted tha … more →
Amsterdam to Zurich - 2007, Flashback #5
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Gerry Patterson wrote 10 months ago: I think I can say this without it being a total lie. One stupidly drunken night in Tokyo led to a gu … more →
