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Visiting Ousdale Broch - an Iron Age fort in Northern Scotland dating from around 2000-3000 years ago

13 Jun 2024 3 minute read 0 comments Hoosie

This is a copy of a post that I first made on the Hive Blockchain on 11/06/24 (link here to original post). I went back to the North of Scotland a few weeks ago, to take my Dad home, after he had been visiting us for a few days. I was born on the Nor...

Day Eight - We needed a day like today.....

13 Jun 2024 6 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

I don't have any exact cycling stats because we still hadn't figured out the app yet. My explanation from the previous day's post was learned after we completed day eight's ride from Niederranna 3 to Linz, Austria. It was roughly 40 miles with a s...

Day Seven - Off down the Danube (If we'd only had that meeting.....)

11 Jun 2024 8 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

I have no exact mileage information for this day because we used the tour company's GPS routing in their phone app and that information is no longer available to us.  Whatever the mileage was, we rode more than that.... and then some.  This post is r...

Day Six... Pausing in Passau (AKA This is the way we wash our clothes.....I think....)

10 Jun 2024 5 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

Our first rest day and I'm glad to sleep in a bit, enjoy a leisurely breakfast knowing that the only thing on our agenda today is laundry and a walk to the old city to see the things my husband has on his bucket list here.    I really don't have a li...

Day 5 ...... Will This Day Ever End???

9 Jun 2024 6 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

Cesky Krumlov, or rather Nove Udoli, Czech Republic to Passau, Germany, 36.2 miles (58 km), and 1519 feet (463 m) of elevation (climbing).     This route is very deceiving. It looks downhill the whole way. It wasn't....   Our cycling route today act...

Day Four and a Half (I couldn't do it justice in one post)

8 Jun 2024 6 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

I just had to break out Cesky Krumlov into two posts because it's such an interesting, fun place. We arrived there on a Saturday afternoon and boy oh boy the tourists were out in droves. It's a touristy place but worth a visit. It's also a UNESCO Wor...

Day Four.....My Favorite Place on the Entire Tour (and a nod to the Beer of Kings along the way)

7 Jun 2024 3 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

Hluboka nad Vltavou to Cesky Krumlov, 27.2 miles (44 km), 2 hours 53 minutes, 1532 feet (467 m) of elevation (climbing).     Finally, we get an easy-ish day with fewer miles and a mostly flat ride, as you can see from the elevation chart. Unfortu...

Visiting the old Church of St Baglan in North Wales

7 Jun 2024 3 minute read 1 comment Hoosie

This is a copy of a post that I first made on the Hive Blockchain on 07/06/24 (link here to original post). We were in North Wales last week for a few days break. My wife is Welsh, and while there, my father in-law told us about an old church that we...

Day Three....Are We Hiking or Cycling? (Today it was hard to tell......)

6 Jun 2024 5 minute read 1 comment 7th Decade Redhead

Tabor to Hluboka nad Vltavou, 40.1 miles (65 km) 3 hours and 47 minutes, 2135 feet (651 m) of elevation (climbing).     Not exactly a 'flat' ride today, for sure. I did a lot of cussing.... and I recorded a few videos where I bemoaned having just co...

Bubbles In The City

6 Jun 2024 1 minute read 0 comments lostCrypto

  An immersive art experience with large-scale ‘bubbles’ in the water, on land and in the air, ran from April 5-25, 2024. Brought to life by the acclaimed Sydney-based design studio, Atelier Sisu, the installation features 150 larger-than-life illum...