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mit großem Interesse habe ich Deinen Bericht Hamburg-Kristiansand und Kristiansand-Südengland im Internet gelesen. Ich (Jahrgang 45) will in 14 Tagen die Tour machen, auf jeden Fall bis Oslo, und, falls ich dann noch Lust und Laune habe, gleich weiter nach Orkney, Shetland, Scotland und eventuell England. Dank der diversen Fähren kann man ja eventuell gut abkürzen.
Die Strecke Moss - Bergen spare ich aus. Nachdem ich Deinen Bericht, den Bericht von Kerstin Brause und auch den Bericht der Eröffnungstour gelesen habe, kamen mir doch Bedenken, diese Strecke so alleine auf mich gestellt zu machen - ich mag auch keine schwingenden Hängebrücken!!! Diese Strecke werde ich dann, sofern ich weiter mache, mit dem Zug zurücklegen.
Für die Tour in GB habe ich mir schon die Karten von sustrans schicken lassen, damit es mir nicht so geht wie Dir.
Auf jeden Fall war ich wirklich froh, die diversen Berichte im Internet zu finden. Ich habe mir diese Berichte ohne Bilder kopiert (Du hast ja den Bericht auch ohne Bilder ins Netz gestellt - vielen Dank), habe dann für die Route nicht notwendige Angaben gelöscht und habe dann alles ausgedruckt. Diese Berichte werde ich mitnehmen, immer interessant, wenn man abends nachlesen kann, was einem am nächsten Tag erwartet, auch bezüglich Unterkünften etc. Und die Rückseite dieser Berichte werde ich dann gleich für mein "Tagebuch" verwenden - man muss ja Gewicht sparen.
Auf jeden Fall wünsche ich Dir (und Deiner Frau) noch viele schöne Radtouren mit wenig Gegenwind und ohne Pannen.
Dietlinde C.
P.S.
Über Deinen Bericht Freiburg und Donautal habe ich mich sehr amüsiert (Diese Tour habe ich 2000 von Titisee nach Wien anlässlich der Geburt meines ersten Enkels in Wien gemacht). So hätte ich mich als Ehefrau sicherlich auch verhalten (Donauversickerung). Ich mache viele Touren allein (letztes Jahr den Innradweg von St. Moritz bis Passau - Kelheim -Nürnberg - Heilbronn und der Radweg Berlin-Kopenhagen - da bin ich bis Rostock gefahren und dann einen Schlenker nach Westen gemacht und über Wismar und Lübeck nach Lüneburg weitergeradelt). Ich sage immer: Der Vorteil beim Alleinefahren ist: man kann machen, was man will. Der Nachteil ist: Man kann niemandem Schuld geben, wenn etwas nicht klappt.
Aber manchmal so eine geführte Tour, wo man sich um nichts kümmern muss, ist zur Abwechslung auch angenehm.
Dear Mandy and Lindsay,
I had promised to you to send a message when I am back home. This has
occurred meanwhile. I had continued my tour along the eastern coast of
Scotland and England and finished near Hull. Just now I write the new
tour report and about
the wonderful stay at your home ( 26./27.6.). There will be some time
before
the English translation is available but I will inform you then.
Have a good time and I hope many guests will find you to enjoy your
friendly hospitality.
Martin
thank you martin for writing to us and we are so glad to see your
safely back home. we have told many of our cyclists that have
called on us about your fantastic web-page and have given them your
web-site address, hopefully there
will be alot of people log-in into this...well many thanks again
and
it will be a pleasure to see or hear from you again....good luck
on
the next part of your tour and regards to your family.
mandy and
lindsay..
hello martin
well as you can see that
we have
logged
into your website and also glad to see that you have now have it
translated
into english.... and we must say a big thank you for the fantastic
report
that you have done about Altnaharra and our home....
well we hope many people
have logged
into
this website has i have mentioned before we give out your web-site to
all
our cyclist that stop at our B&B and we hope many more continue to
stop
here too....
and now you must still
continue your
cycling
tours for they are full of fantastic facts and we hope that many people
have the enjoyment of reading them and much has we have.
our best regards to you
and your
family
and we hope to keep in contact with you...... and remember if your ever
passing Altnaharra please stop in for a cup of tea or coffee....
mandy and lindsay smith.
Dear Martin,
Well may we just
say a very big
thank you for sending more guests to our home.
Deedee was a lovely
charming lady, and
Mr W. and friend were also very tired when they got here too, it
reminded me of you, when you arrived here last year, so tired and
hungry and in need of sleep.
So Martin what are you
plans for this
year's tour on your cycle, which direction are you heading for? We do
look on your website often to show our guests what an amazing man you
are and many miles you have travelled, keep enjoying it too.
looking forward to
hearing from you
soon. we also have a website made, www.altnaharra.net it still needs
a little more work on it...room for improvements.
kind regards to all your
family.
Mandy & Lindsay
Smith.
Dear Martin and Family,
May we just wish you all a Happy New
Year and all the very best for 2006.
It has been awhile since we have last
emailed, which we apologise very
much but we have been very busy in Altnaharra, the time just seems to
go by very quickly here.
We hope you are still touring around
on your bicycle, we do think
of you often and still talk too many of our cycling guests about you
and all the cycle routes you have achieved over the years.
I also have a new email address
(above) but our website is still
the same www.altnaharra.net we also now have an online guest book, and
if you have a spare moment in your busy schedule then maybe you could
do us the greatest of honours and write something into it. The B&B
is getting busier and busier each year, but our main guests are still
Cyclist but only cycling Lands End to John O'Groats not so many doing
the North Sea Route, but hopefully this will improve over the years.
So please write and let us know how
you are keeping it will be lovely to hear from you again.
Best wishes.
Mandy & Lindsay
Smith.