Auntie Helen
Ich bin Powerfrau!
So... following on from my very enjoyable solo tour of the Mosel River in Germany last May, and in conversation with Ianrauk, it seems to me that it might be rather fun to have a group of CycleChatters doing a similar tour next year.
May seems to be a suitable time as the weather is generally good and the Germans aren't on holidays so there aren't any problems with accommodation. BUT the wretched Pfingsten holiday (Whitsun) is the weekend of 22nd-23rd which is a VERY busy time and means that it's hard to find accomodation, so we might have to work round this.
Initial plan is to take the overnight ferry on the Friday night (whatever Friday it ends up date-wise) from Harwich to Hoek van Holland. Then to take the train (well, five of 'em) to Trier which is along the Moselle almost to Luxembourg. Then we start cycling back. We can do the whole Moselle in 4 days or could take it slower and enjoy the sights more. We can then start our way homewards along the Rhine before catching the train back to Hoek van Holland on the following Saturday (using the special German 'Weekend-ticket' on the trains) and getting the Saturday Night/Sunday morning overnight ferry home to Harwich.
As a rough guide, Ferry and train tickets will be about £70 each way, accommodation will be £30-£40 each day, food extra. I will be sleeping in B&Bs, I don't do camping. If people were willing to share the accommodation would be perhaps £10 less per night.
I'd be interested to know who might be up for this, to see if it's a worthwhile plan investigating further.
May seems to be a suitable time as the weather is generally good and the Germans aren't on holidays so there aren't any problems with accommodation. BUT the wretched Pfingsten holiday (Whitsun) is the weekend of 22nd-23rd which is a VERY busy time and means that it's hard to find accomodation, so we might have to work round this.
Initial plan is to take the overnight ferry on the Friday night (whatever Friday it ends up date-wise) from Harwich to Hoek van Holland. Then to take the train (well, five of 'em) to Trier which is along the Moselle almost to Luxembourg. Then we start cycling back. We can do the whole Moselle in 4 days or could take it slower and enjoy the sights more. We can then start our way homewards along the Rhine before catching the train back to Hoek van Holland on the following Saturday (using the special German 'Weekend-ticket' on the trains) and getting the Saturday Night/Sunday morning overnight ferry home to Harwich.
As a rough guide, Ferry and train tickets will be about £70 each way, accommodation will be £30-£40 each day, food extra. I will be sleeping in B&Bs, I don't do camping. If people were willing to share the accommodation would be perhaps £10 less per night.
I'd be interested to know who might be up for this, to see if it's a worthwhile plan investigating further.
