cyclingmum blogs

Non-cycling blogs:

• Arabian Nights: Morocco (April 2018)
• A dash through 5 Countries: Cycling through France, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, plus a visit to Switzerland (Aug-Sept 2017)
• Gringos in Central America (Jan-Feb 2017)
• The Land of the 4-Leaf Clover (Sep-Oct 2016)
• To dizzying heights (April-May 2016)
• Travels in Sicily - & Rome (September 2015)
• Warlords & spies: tackling Colombia, Panama & Cuba (February 2015)
• The ABC of South America (September 2014)
• Off to the USA (May 2012)
• Slovenia & Croatia (September 2013)
• Portugal (& a bit of Spain) (May-June 2023)
• Trekking in New Zealand - Queen Charlotte and Heaphy Tracks (Mar 2024)

Cycling in Slovenia (September 2013)

Cycling the Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania (June 2019)

Cycling in Germany:

• Tripping about the UK, Germany, etc. (May-June 2013)
• Saar Canal (May 2013)
• Alsace: The Route des Vins (June 2013)
• The Neckar Bike Trail (June 2013)
• Neckar: Barge/Cycle Tour (June 2013)
• A Week on the Moselle (June 2013)
• A dash through 5 Countries: Cycling through France, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, plus a visit to Switzerland (Aug-Sept 2017)
• Cycling the Elbe River from the Mountains to the Sea: cycling in Czechia & Germany (Sept-Oct 2018)

Cycling the Camino in Spain (August 2009)

Cycling in France: 

• The Dordogne (September 2006)
• Provence (September 2006)
• The Loire & Burgundy (August 2008)
• A dash through 5 Countries: Cycling through France, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, plus a visit to Switzerland (Aug-Sept 2017)

Cycling in Italy:

• Tuscany/Umbria Itinerary (September 2007)
• Cycling in Puglia (May 2010)

Cycling along the Danube:

• Passau to Vienna (September 2004)
• Vienna to Budapest (September 2004)
• Donaueschingen to Passau (May 2011)
• BIKE & BOAT - Passau to Budapest (May 2011)
• The Danube Delta (May 2018)

Cycling in the Czech Republic:

• Cycling in the Czech Republic (September 2002)
• Cycling the Elbe River from the Mountains to the Sea: cycling in Czechia & Germany (Sept-Oct 2018)

Cycling in Portugal (May 2023)

Cycling in Slovenia

In September 2013, we travelled to Milan & then to Padua. From here, we took the train to Trieste & then up to Lake Bled in Slovenia.

The plan was to hire bikes here & cycle through Slovenia & Croatia, leaving the bikes at Koper to be collected.

Unfortunately, My Friend required urgent cardiac surgery in October so, after a great deal of discussion, we decided to still go but with considerable modifications to our original plans! I would cycle from Bled to Koper & he would hire a car & follow.

I decided to skip cycling in Croatia & reduce the number of days cycling so we could both continue through Croatia together by car.

At Split in Dalmatia, the plan was to do a tour of the islands with Sail Croatia. I did the cycling & My Friend managed to do some limited cycling on flatter terrain & caught up with the group by boat when he couldn't cycle. The team at Sail Croatia couldn't have been more accommodating & made our holiday one to always remember. I can highly recommend them.

Postscript: My Friend's surgery was successful & he is on the road to recovery.

I created a blog for this trip which you can access from the link here.

I have also found this blog which you might find useful: Two Wheel Travel .

Cycling in the Czech Republic

Vienna to Prague SEPTEMBER 2002 * See also From the Mountains to the Sea (below)

This was my first overseas cycling trip and at this stage I had been only riding for about 12 months. I did this trip with 3 others, all women.This was a self-guided commercial trip run by Sherpa. The bikes were part of the deal, accommodation including breakfasts were pre-booked, the luggage was moved from hotel to hotel and there was some non-bike land transport. This was a well organised tour and a wonderful opportunity to cycle this part of the world. The itinerary is available online at Sherpa: Self Guided cycling tours in Czech Republic. We were driven 40 kms out of Vienna and the first day's cycling was a long one across the border at Mikulov and into Moravia which is delightful. From here we travelled into Bohemia and the UNESCO Biosphere Reservation area of the Třeboň ponds; the absolutely beautiful Český Krumlov and wonderful Prague. For more recent information, you may find this blog (written in 2012) useful, although I definitely do not agree with the comments by the author about Český Krumlov. Český Krumlov                                         Prague From the Mountains to the Sea SEPTEMBER 2018 We cycled the Elbe River and the Czechia component started at Schmilka on the border with Germany and headed east  via Mezní Louka, Litoměřice and Melnik, travelling from here by train to the source of the river (called the Labe in Czechia) in the Krokonoše Mountains.  From here we cycled to Prague via Hradec Králové, Kutna Horá and Nymburk, taking the train into Prague from here. You can read my blog here: From the Mountains to the Sea