I’ve enjoyed Berlin. The city is a fascinating mix of old and new, smart in places but also with a certain roughness around the edges. It’s also surprisingly green, with lakes and forest close by. All enthusiastically used by the nature loving population, although perhaps sitting butt naked in the park as one gentleman was, … More Tschüss – Berlin

Short entry today, to wrap up this trip as flying home first thing tomorrow. Very overcast this morning with rain forecast, so decided to revisit Brompton junction and then go for a short ride around. This time Brompton junction was open, I got my spare part, had a lovely chat on all things Brompton, was … More Rainy day

A relaxing day was planned for today. The weather was changing and I’d covered most of the places I wanted to see, bar one. Before going there, I decided to pay Brompton Junction – Berlin a visit, partially in the hope of a free coffee and secondly because I needed a spare part. Nothing crucial, … More Brrr !

I’d had my fill of history themed riding yesterday, so today was going to be a rural ride. Of course this is Berlin and history is all around, even where not expected. On the history front, I failed to mention that yesterday was the 80th anniversary of the start of the Battle of Berlin, where … More More history !

The Berlin Wall has always held a certain fascination for me, even more so since 1989, when I was in East Berlin the night it finally “came down” So today was all about the wall. I was going to ride about a third of the 160km trail that pretty much follows the route of the … More The Wall

A popular song many years ago, perhaps it needs to be re-titled now ! Today was the start of a short trip plane assisted trip to Berlin, to kick off the cycle touring season. With the Brompton packed away in it’s own bespoke suitcase and another case with enough clothes to keep me going for … More Berlin or Bust !