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Bernhard 🚴🏻♂️🥾 went for a bike ride
June 7, 2026
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Bernhard 🚴🏻♂️🥾 went for a hike
June 4, 2026
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June 4, 2026
After the bike tours of the last few weeks, today it was time for hiking again 🥾. We went to Eppenbrunn (in the border area Germany 🇩🇪 - France 🇫🇷) to the premium hiking trail Altschlosspfad.
The highlight of the beautiful tour is the Altschlossfelsen🪨 rock formation, which gives it its name. The
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Bernhard 🚴🏻♂️🥾 went for a bike ride
May 25, 2026
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May 25, 2026
Today again a 🚴🏻♂️🚴🏼♀️ tour through the local vineyards:
First, we went on the Traubenradweg to "Hoppeditzel" (🍟🍺) in Impflingen. Then continued on the Traubenradweg to the small Kalmit 🤩. And back on the cycle path 'Deutsche Weinstraße' (with a stop at "Koch" in Hainfeld 🍷🍇).
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Bernhard 🚴🏻♂️🥾 went for a hike
May 24, 2026
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May 24, 2026
Due to the midsummer ☀️🌡️ temperatures of over 30 degrees, today there was only a short walk in the shady Edenkoben forest 🌲🌳.
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Bernhard 🚴🏻♂️🥾 went for a bike ride
May 15, 2026
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May 15, 2026
The 7th and thus final stage of our 100 Castles Route 🏰: Today we went from Coesfeld 🚴🏻♂️🚴🏼♀️ back to the starting point in Dülmen. We actually had blue skies at the beginning☀️; but the closer we got to the destination, the more the cloud cover increased, and we reached the parking lot with the
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Bernhard 🚴🏻♂️🥾 went for a bike ride
May 14, 2026
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May 14, 2026
Stage 6 of the 100 Castles Route 🏰: unfortunately, it was clear from the start that we wouldn't get through dry 🚴🏻♂️🚴🏼♀️.
It rained again and again, and we invested a lot of time in sheltering when it really poured down 🌧️. In addition, there were many muddy forest and gravel paths today. The
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Bernhard 🚴🏻♂️🥾 went for a bike ride
May 13, 2026
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May 13, 2026
The 5th stage of the 100 Castles Route 🏰 was all about the weather forecast 🌡️🌧️. The goal was to complete the route from Südlohn to Ahaus (50 km) by 12 noon at the latest, in order to arrive at the hotel dry. So, step on it... 🚴🏻♂️🚴🏼♀️
It helped that, unlike the previous day (with 9 historical
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Bernhard 🚴🏻♂️🥾 went for a bike ride
May 12, 2026
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May 12, 2026
The 4th stage of our 100 castles 🏰 bike tour 🚴🏻♂️🚴🏼♀️ over 65 km led us from Bocholt to Südlohn.
As on the previous day, it was very cold 🌡️ and gusty. We had to take shelter several times because short showers 🌧️ kept coming down. A few minutes later, there was blue sky and sunshine again
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Bernhard 🚴🏻♂️🥾 went for a bike ride
May 11, 2026
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May 11, 2026
The 3rd stage of our 100 castles 🏰 bike tour 🚴🏻♂️🚴🏼♀️ we have planned as a round trip from Bocholt to Bocholt. Very practical when you can leave all the luggage 🧳 at the hotel 😉.
From yesterday to today, unfortunately, there was a temperature drop of at least 10 degrees 🌡️, and in the afternoon
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Bernhard 🚴🏻♂️🥾 went for a bike ride
May 10, 2026
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May 10, 2026
The 2nd stage of our 100 Castles 🏰Cycling Tour 🚴🏻♂️🚴🏼♀️ led over a good 65 km from Haltern am See to Bocholt.
The weather was also great today ☀️... an all-around great tour. Unfortunately, the last sunny day; the Ice Saints and rainy weather have been announced for the coming days.
The Siebenteufelsturm
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Bernhard 🚴🏻♂️🥾 went for a bike ride
May 9, 2026
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May 9, 2026
For this year's multi-day bike tour 🚴🏻♂️🚴🏼♀️, we chose the 100 Castles Route 🏰 (West Course) over 380 km through Münsterland.
Not everything is a castle in the traditional sense. But on the complete route (approx. 1100 km), over 100 historical buildings (castles, palaces, manors, and noble residences
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Bernhard 🚴🏻♂️🥾 went for a bike ride
May 1, 2026
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May 1, 2026
The Peace Tour is an approximately 50 km long, varied circular route, marked with the symbol of the dove of peace 🕊️.
The route runs approximately half of the time through Germany 🇩🇪 (Südwestpfalz) and half through France 🇫🇷 (Alsace).
The route is wonderfully varied: nature reserves 🏞️, fields and
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Bernhard 🚴🏻♂️🥾 went for a bike ride
April 26, 2026
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April 26, 2026
One of my favorite tours 🚴🏻♂️🚴🏼♀️:
first it goes up to the Weinstraße, then on the "Deutsche Weinstraße" cycle path through the vineyards🍇from Hainfeld to Neustadt.
From there along the Speyerbach and Rehbach to the Rothenbusch Klause🍟🌭🍺.
Afterwards through the forest, wonderfully along the Speyerbach
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Bernhard 🚴🏻♂️🥾 went for a bike ride
April 19, 2026
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April 19, 2026
After yesterday's wine🍷 round, today was the beer🍺 round. 😄
The destination was the small Göcklinger Hausbrauerei. The menu includes Flammkuchen, Palatinate dishes, and seasonal beers🍻.
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Bernhard 🚴🏻♂️🥾 went for a bike ride
April 18, 2026
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April 18, 2026
Short 🚴🏻♂️ round in the sign of wine🍷: First it went to the Isler winery in Diedesfeld and then to the wine event "Fass uff de Gass" in Duttweiler.
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June 7, 2026
Small Sunday round 🚴🏻♂️🚴🏼♀️ to the "SunSeeBar" at the Mechtersheim bathing lake 🏖️🏊🏼♀️.
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