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  • Nuke the Leuk '06 - Lap 7


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    “Just completed the bicycle trip. As planned I arrived home last Friday after cycling a total of 4300 km ( yes, I know, some 1100 km more than planned at first but who cares). With plenty of sunshine most of the days (with the occasional shower), but managed to do the whole trip without wearing a jacket which is quite unique. What more can one ask for, and with temperatures sometimes over 35 degrees it got a bit hot on some days.
    Plenty of water up to 4 litres a day to keep the machine in motion,

    All goals have been reached: via Germany (Remagen, Bingen, Heidelberg, Tübingen, to Friedichshafen), then in Austria via the Silvretta Alpenstrasse to Italy via the Reschenpas, Trento, Verona, Ferrara to Venice, and two days later back via Bassano, Trento, Reschenpass (and not the Brenner I had as option), Arlberg and then via Liechenstein to Switzerland via the Oberalp pas and the Furka passing Martigny to Genève and back to Lausanne via Neufchatel and Bieler See to Brugg (family visit), and then Basel to France, Selestat (Col du Donon) in the direction of Metz, Vianden (Our valley) to Eupen, via Plateau of Margraten to Maastricht along the Meuze river to Venlo, Nijmegen and then via the Betuwe to Utrecht.

     

    Number of countries :  8 (Germany, Austria, Italy, Liechenstein, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium)
    Punctures :  NONE
    Dirt roads : 250 km
    Total distance :  4300 km
    Shortest distance per day : 81 km
    Longest distance per day : 175 km
    Weight lost  : 10 kilos ;)

      A very special holiday, and a totally different experience than the one to Santiago in 2004. And it remains a strange phenomenon that one manages to return back home exactly on schedule despite the number of kilometres cycled.”

    A fantastic effort Jan and for those sort of heroics I think we all ought to stick another cheque in the post for you or online here: http://www.westernfront.nl/lrf2006 - follow the links > sponsors > Justgiving.com.


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