Auntie Helen's Cycle Tour of Germany

[Haitch]

Yes, have fun, Helen. Don't forget the laptop so you can keep us up to date.

 

[Auntie Helen]

I have no laptop, I shall rely in Internet Cafés. Watch this space... and Cyclogs too!

 

[TheDoctor]

Have a great time. I'm glad the Rhine Guidebook is proving useful!

 

[snorri]

Have you got your Health Insurance card (EHIC) ?

English flag
Any thoughts/comments appreciated.

That is not the English flag on your bed

 

[Auntie Helen]

Yep, have my EHIC thanks.

Oops about the flag, I'm normally very precise about these things! I put it down to receiving both a UKIP and BNP flyer in the post yesterday morning.

 

[snorri]

I wish you the German equivalent of Bon Voyage.
I'm just gearing up to get away to mainland Europe myself, any week now.

 

[Auntie Helen]

Well Uncle James has now finished with his panniers so I loaded my stuff... and could fit everything in fairly easily, no need for the Trice Sidepods.

I have decided instead to fix a small rucksack to the top of my pannier rack, along with James's panniers, for the vital documentation and to give me a bag to walk around with. The trike feels quite heavy with all the stuff but goes well - particularly down hills!

 

[summerdays]

Don't forget to allow space for all those cakes and other essential items you will buy along the way for supplies.

And don't forget water bottles too.

 

[peanut]

have a great time Helen. Only done that trip in a car and that was very memorable.
Has anyone mentioned taking a penknife? always useful.
The only other thing would be a name and address label with contact number for next of kin and maybe blood group etc on the bike somewhere .sorry to be morbid but its essential

 

[Cathryn]

Have a great time....very jealous so have a wunderbar time!

 

[Auntie Helen]

Have a name and address label with next of kin details packed in my bags. Don't actually know my blood group so can't include that, but have included medications to which I am allergic.

Penknife is actually a good idea to get all those flints out of the tyres. I must go out and buy one... if I'm allowed to these days!

 

[Speicher]

This is in no way a criticism, I am just curious. Why are you taking an English phone and a German phone. Has your English one got Roaming on it? Or is it cheaper to make calls within Germany on a German phone?

 

[TheDoctor]

Swiss army knife - solution to all concievable problems, and will get you into any food or drink container on the face of the planet.

 

[Auntie Helen]

This is in no way a criticism, I am just curious. Why are you taking an English phone and a German phone. Has your English one got Roaming on it? Or is it cheaper to make calls within Germany on a German phone?

Yeah, because I have a couple of friends in Germany who I'll ring when I'm there, plus I may ring the B&Bs to check they have room before I go searching for them in the towns/villages. It's just a PAYG SIM that I've had for a few years and it's got some credit on it so it seems useful. I don't want to rack up whopper roaming charges from my UK phone.

I also have a German bank account with Deutsche Bank. This is all to ease my husband into the idea of going to live there long term... which he won't go for, I know, but one can but make it easier in incremental stages!

 

[Auntie Helen]

Swiss army knife - solution to all concievable problems, and will get you into any food or drink container on the face of the planet.

And I just found one in the clock (my husband suggested looking in the cupboard at the bottom of the clock... and he was right! Magic! It also has a nail file too, which might come in handy.)