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Eurocycle: a holiday in Netherlands and Belgium

By zemogle On April 10, 2012 · 2 Comments

In August 2010, Haley and I had decided to take 2 weeks off. Haley was just about ready to chew a lump out of her computer and throw undergraduates through her 3rd floor office window, so a break was very necessary. We phoned a variety of travel agents but because it was all done in [...]

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Eurocycle 2: Amsterdam to Leiden

By zemogle On August 22, 2010 · 2 Comments

We were supposed to be taking the train from Amsterdam to Leiden but early in the afternoon we realised that we had a couple of hours to spare where we either just wander about the red light district a bit more or we make an early start and cycle to Leiden. Incidentally the red light [...]

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Eurocycle 1: Cardiff to Amsterdam

By zemogle On August 17, 2010 · 1 Comment

We’re setting ourselves a bold venture. To travel from Cardiff to Amsterdam and back again on trains and bikes. This isn’t really that bold because 3 train rides and 6 hours+ hours later and we are in Amsterdam. The tricky part is the return journey because the travel back to Brussels (where we take the [...]

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Cardiff Bay cycle route

By zemogle On August 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment

As residents of Cardiff, me and the wife love cycling to Cardiff Bay at the weekend. The route we choose is mostly alongside the River Taff, on a route called the Taff Trail which runs from Brecon all the way down to Cardiff Bay (and the mouth of the river). We’ve only ever done [...]

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