Going East to the Western Front..!

Our journey from Maidstone to the WW1 Western front, Ypres to the Somme.

Nick (The Great Pathfinder) and Drew (The Llaughing Llama)

509 km (316 miles) over 13 days from June 14, 2009 to June 26, 2009

Topic: Bicycle Touring  

Categories: Tour diaries, Equipment lists, Hybrid bicycles, 1-2 weeks, First tour

Locales: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Kent, Maidstone, Kingswood, Hollingbourne, Dover, France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Dunkerque, Belgium, West-Vlaanderen, Ieper, Beuvry, Arras, Picardie, Albert, Thiepval, Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, Azincourt, Lumbres, Guines, Calais

Year: 2009

Keywords: somme, ypres, france, belgium, western front

Permalink: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/gewf

Copyright © 2009-2021 By Nick Andrew and Drew Childers - (contact)

Status: Completed Jul 2009

Last update: Thursday July 9, 2009 08:01 (US/Pacific) (edited Tue 13 Mar 2012 23:50 (US/Pacific))

20,717 hits since May 12, 2009 (hitcounts updated nightly)

Table of Contents

      mixed feelings.

      more on the feelings...

      Day minus 32: Prior planning and Preparation prevents poor performance...

      Day minus 31: The Equipment List

      Day minus 26: The outline itinerary...

      Day minus 16: What's that noise....?

      Day minus 7: Butterflies and Hurricanes....

      Day minus 5: Is it Friday yet....???

      Day minus 2: TGIF (or should that be TFIF...?)

Day 01: What day is it...??

Day 02: It's all about the parking brake

Day 03: Gas attack... Gas attack...!

Day 04: The Llama goes Feral...

Day 05: Squeeze that pimple

Day 06: No rest for the wicked

Day 07: Never trust the GPS...

Day 08: Media Karma...

Day 09: The Hills are alive with the sound of tired cyclists....

Day 10: call me Gonzales.... Speedy Gonzales...!

Day 11: The winds and the Hills...

Day 12: Where's the air conditioning...??

Day 13: The triumphal return...

Youtube: Fly-through our journey...

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