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Day 5 of our Honeymoon tour down to the Black Forest. The first order of the day was breakfast so, we walked down to the local boulangerie and bought ourselves a very large pain au chocolate each. Perfect to set us up for the day. Can’t beat fresh bread and pastries! We left our hotel in Forbach, just as the rain started, heading for Vosges du Nord, a national park on the border with Germany.…

Following the second amazing breakfast courtesy of our host, we bid farewell and continued on our journey. After a short ride, it was also time to say goodbye to the amazing roads of Belgium. Having had neutral or negative comments about Belgium before the trip, I have to say it has destroyed those preconceptions and is an amazing country with some incredible roads. We will certainly be back for…

Day 3 of our Honeymoon tour down to the Black Forest. We had made sure that, after two long days of riding, we would have a rest day before we continued on our journey. With two nights in the same place, there was no need to worry about finding our accommodation and checking in, we could go out and enjoy the day. Which we did. We had a 90-mile figure of eight route planned, taking in some of the…

Day 2 of our Honeymoon tour down to the Black Forest. We awoke early ready for our adventure to properly begin. By 7.35am, we were kitted up and on the bike, leaving Folkstone Harbour for the Channel Tunnel. With a bit of drizzle, we checked into our train, luckily as we were early, we could select an earlier train and made our way through passport control. Having everything ready in a tank bag…

Day 1 of our Honeymoon tour down to the Black Forest. After talking about an international bike trip for years and a year’s worth of planning, it didn’t really seem to be real as we were packing up and setting off. Especially as we weren’t ready. Missing some crucial medication, we stopped off at the Drs on the way out of town to get a prescription with the hope of being able to quickly pick it…