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Spicy Peanut Baked Chicken
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Second Life developer unveils surprising new game, Patterns
The creator of Second Life is back with an unlikely new game.
Linden Lab has revealed Patterns, a building and exploration game that's currently in early beta. Players form structures and test whether they can endure against gravity using real-world physics.
You can sign up at the game's website. Check out the trailer below. It kind of looks like a bizarro-world version of Minecraft.
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OMG…the title of this thread already looks like spam but it's so NOT! Brian Manowitz aka Vegan Black Metal Chef is a genius,and I only opened this topic to tell this to everyone who never heard of him! Watch his show on YouTube! He already has 8 videos,and they're all amazing.Now,before you would say things like you're not vegan or you don't like black metal,I got news for you…me neither. Still,this show is hilariously funny and so original,it'll captivate you,trust me!
Here's a link for a short interview with him: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1ubBR4jJw0
And a link for probably the best episode,called "Hail,Seitan!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eovuIfeH2k4
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The Sept. 'Stormy Weather' Final 25
By Jim Reed
I think a masterful storm image should always trigger an emotional response; it should make a viewer almost instantly say aloud, "Wow," and then want to lean in for a closer look.
I expect a winning storm image to possess a skillfully composed, isolated subject. Next up are the skilled choice of lighting and contrast, followed by the use of color. Then I look for an intriguing shape or hypnotic landscape, followed by depth and texture.
Since this contest asked photographers to make good use of movement and action, I favored strong, stormy images that also possessed motion in the frame, such as a person, an object, or water or the hint of something moving, like blowing snow or rain.
It was tough selecting only 25. There were so many very good submissions so close to that. You all did a very impressive job of composing your photos. I was also delighted by the fine-art qualities of some of the frames. I was happy to see submissions in black and white as well as color, and I really enjoyed the use of post-production effects.
The images suggest to me that you are very observant, imaginative and assertive - and certainly not afraid to get wet (the earmarks of a skilled weather photographer). I was surprised when I realized that a few of the Final 25 images were captured with camera phones. In several instances, you also did a very effective job of captioning your photos.
My advice to you? Watch those pesky distracting elements, such as tree branches and power lines in the foreground. Be sure to zoom in or compose your shot to include only objects that truly matter. If you have a tree in your image and it's being hit by lightning, then the tree is a vital part of your composition. If it's a tree in the foreground, and the lightning is way off near the horizon, then the tree is likely a distraction and unnecessary.
If you return home, only to later discover a distracting element, crop it out using an image-editing software. Your computer is your digital darkroom; don't be afraid to experiment with your image by adjusting contrast, hues, and tones.
Finally, my advice is to shoot, shoot, shoot - and keep shooting! With digital cameras, there's no excuse NOT to bracket.
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Police have arrested a house cleaner and her boyfriend on charges related to the theft of $10,000 worth of jewelry from a St. Alban's neighborhood home in May and similar incidents in Mooresville. Police also responded to a hit and run wreck on NC 73 and other traffic incidents. Read on for details and a summary of this week's traffic enforcement.
A cleaning woman and her boyfriend have been arrested on charges related to the theft of $10,000 worth of jewelry from a home in the St. Alban's neighborhood in May and other thefts in Mooresville. And police say they're investigating thefts from other homes where the woman worked to see if there's a connection.
The arrest came after a 70-year-old resident reported May 31 that $10,000 worth of jewelry had been stolen in mid-May from her home on Fairview Lane, in the St. Alban's neighborhood in mid-May. The items included a gold wedding ring with a diamond stone, an opal ring, an aquamarine ring, a gold bracelet, and a diamond studded bracelet with gold links.
On June 5, police interviewed and then arrested Chriszetta Patterson Smith, 45, of Watson Street, a cleaner with K2 Custom Home Cleaning. She was charged with felony larceny. She was released on $3,000 bond and is due in Mecklenburg County Superior Court on Thursday (June 26).
On June 13, with the help of Mooresville police, Smith was arrested along with her boyfriend, 47-year-old Gercobe Lowery of Westside Terrace in Davidson, on additional charges related to thefts in Mooresville.
Both were charged with conspiracy to obtain property by false pretenses, also a felony. Lowery also was charged with possession of stolen property and obtaining property by false pretenses. He was released from Mecklenburg County Jail on $30,000 bond. He has a July 8 court date.
Davidson Police Detective Vernon Siders said Smith initially told police she had gotten jewelry from a Goodwill thrift store and given it to her boyfriend, so he could sell it. Police had photos of some of the pieces and searched local pawn shops, where they found several.
"She eventually told me she used a vacuum cleaner to remove jewelry from the home," Siders said. She would vacuum up the pieces and give the vacuum cleaner to Lowery, who would empty it and sell the jewelry.
He said Smith recently had been making plans to set up her own housecleaning business, "Chris's Cleaning," focusing on upscale neighborhoods including the Peninsula in Cornelius. She recently had been handing out her card with small bags of candy in the parking lot of the Harris Teeter at Jetton Village. Her card claims she is "bonded and insured," but Siders said that's not the case.
Siders said police are continuing their investigation and seeking help from anyone with information about the case, or with similar reports of items that may have been taken during a house cleaning.
"As of now, it's an ongoing investigation. There may have been other cases," Siders said.
Anyone with information may call Detective Siders at 704-940-9635.
Below is a summary of Davidson Police Department incident reports from June 16 – 22
TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 11:03am, 700 block of Griffith St. – A 2006 Mercedes driven by a 62-year-old Cornelius man was parked in a public parking lot on the 700 block of Griffith street, and a 2011 Honda driven by a 36-year-old Charlotte woman was pulling in to the lot from Davidson-Gateway Drive. Because another vehicle was stopped in front of the Honda, it was stopped in the lane of travel while it waited for the other vehicle to enter the lower parking deck. The Mercedes began backing out of the parking place and hit the rear bumper of the Honda, causing $800 worth of damage. The Mercedes was undamaged.
TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 9:45pm, Davidson-Concord Rd. between Barnhardt Rd. and Robert Walker Dr. – A 34-year-old Mooresville woman went to the Davidson Police Department to report an accident involving her vehicle, a 2006 Toyota, a 2010 Nissan, and a deer. The Mooresville resident informed police that both vehicles were traveling North on Davidson-Concord Road when she had to stop abruptly to avoid hitting a deer. At that time the Nissan, driven by a 26-year-old Washington woman, rear-ended her vehicle, causing $500 worth of damage to both cars. At the time of the incident, both drivers exchanged information with each other. No one was seriously injured in the incident.
THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 6:30pm, South Main Street between Concord Road and Chairman Blake Lane – An officer's investigation revealed that a 2011 Hyundai driven by a 28-year-old Wilmington man and a 2013 Hyundai driven by a 19-year-old Huntersville woman were traveling North on NC 115 in heavy traffic when the 2013 Hyundai stopped for pedestrians crossing the street. At that time, the Wilmington man tried to pass the other vehicle and collided with it, causing minor damage to both cars. His vehicle sustained $500 worth of damage, and the Huntersville woman's vehicle took on $400. No one was seriously injured in the incident.
THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1:06pm, NC 73 between McAuley Rd. and Summers Walk Blvd. – A 32-year-old Concord woman driving a 2014 Dodge was traveling west on NC 73 while a 2008 Nissan driven by a 44-year-old Davidson man was traveling east on the same road. The Concord woman failed to maintain control of her vehicle and crossed the double yellow line into the east bound lanes, causing the Davidson man to swerve to the right side of the road to avoid a head on collision with her vehicle. Her Dodge then sideswiped his car, the 2008 Nissan, before he immediately pulled off to the side of the road. The Concord woman continued west bound on NC-73, failing to stop. She contacted the police a few minutes after the wreck to report that she was hit by a white SUV on NC 73 and that the vehicle failed to stop, but identified a location 4 miles away from the initial collision. Officers issued her a citation for failing to maintain lane control and another citation for failing to remain at the scene of an accident. Both vehicles sustained $3500 worth of damage. Medic Rescue 1 responded to the scene, but the patient refused treatment.
SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 10:30am, 200 block Twain Avenue – Davidson Police were dispatched to the 200 block of Twain Avenue in reference to a larceny. Upon arrival, the officer met with the homeowner and victim who reported that 11 pieces of sterling silverware, two candlesticks, and three pieces of jewelry had been taken from his home. The missing items were valued at $2,652. The case is being treated as felony larceny and remains open pending further investigation.
TOWN OF DAVIDSON ARRESTS, CITATIONS, AND TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT: June 16 – 22
- CONCORD ROAD – 2 citations for expired registration and inspection
- DAVIDSON-CONCORD ROAD – 1 citation for no insurance
- DAVIDSON GATEWAY DRIVE – 1 arrest for driving with license revoked
- DEPOT STREET – 1 citation for expired registration
- E ROCKY RIVER ROAD – 2 citations for speeding
- GRIFFITH STREET – 1 citation for failing to yield in the traffic circle, 1 citation for expired registration and inspection, 2 citations for driving with license revoked, 2 citations for expired registration, 2 citations for speeding
- JACKSON STREET – 2 citations for failing to stop at a stop sign
- JETTON STREET –2 citations for expired registration and inspection, 1 citation for expired registration, 1 citation for no insurance, 1 citation for failing to stop at a stop sign
- N MAIN STREET – 1 citation for expired registration
- PINE ROAD – 1 citation for failing to stop at a stop sign
- POTTS STREET – 1 citation for expired registration
- SUMMERS WALK BOULEVARD – 1 citation for hit and run
DavidsonNews.net occasionally delivers breaking fire and police news via the Twitter social networking service. Follow us @DavNews (http://www.twitter.com/davnews)


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Industrial Curatory Board
Established at the beginning of 2003, the Industrial Curatory Board provides an excellent foundation for improving communication and the exchange of information with research departments and development laboratories in industry. It has the task of securing the acceptance of the Center by government authorities and industry and, being a promotional organization, expanding the Center's economic base.
The members of the Industrial Curatory Board are appointed by the Supervisory Board for a term of four years and can serve a second term. Board members:
- Dr. Udo Bub, EIT ICT Laboratories, Berlin, DE
- Dr. Jorge R. Cuéllar, Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, Munich, DE
- Dr. Elmar Dorner, SAP Research, Karlsruhe, DE
- Dr. Jo Ebergen, Oracle Labs, Belmont, US
- Dr. Goetz Graefe, HP Labs, Madison, US
- Prof. Dr. Ralf G. Herrtwich, Daimler AG, Böblingen, DE
- Prof. Dr. Ulrich Lauther, Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, Munich, DE
- Prof. Dr. Prabhakar Raghavan, Google Inc. and Stanford University, US
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Andreas Reuter, HITS GmbH, Heidelberg, DE
- Prof. Dr. Volker Tresp, Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, Munich, and LMU Munich, DE
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Engaging Interior Design in a Delightful 92 sqm Apartment
When we first saw this place, we thought were dealing with an apartment that had a surface of at least 200-240 square meters. Its interior design is so engaging and diverse that it is hard to believe this is just a 92 square meter loft. As you can see in sketch at the end of this article, the apartment has three rooms and an outdoor terrace. We were absolutely charmed by the airy living room, the small but of great effect coffee table and the inclined walls. All throughout this open space one can see bits and pieces of color which manage to cheer up the living space and create a fresh, playful environment for the people inside. From the modern kitchen an elegant sliding door leads to the terrace, which is spacious and naturally bright, perfect for a dining area for up to six people. Enjoy the photos!
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its an attracted house.
this is exactly the sort of design I love, people often think that they need more room. But in fact its how you utilize design the space that really makes all the difference.
92 SQM? I think I can think of a few examples where designer squeezes even more into less space! How about 4 SQM?
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Very airy and comfortable. I am not one who likes white contemporary but the space is well used.
I love it!
It is white contemporary but its not cold and clinic-like with all the nice colourful additions….Very well put together!
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Pictures: Pratt & Whitney Through The Years
Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies, has been a fixture in Connecticut for close to 90 years. Here's a look back at their history.
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Pratt & Whitney
The garage in Montclair New Jersey where the initial design drawings for Pratt's first engine were started. Work on the engine then moved to East Hartford.


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The top three inches is where the holes will be drilled, once I am sure how many rods I need to hold the lights and the sets. Each hole will be finished off by a one inch gromet, and the opening lined with foam, so that the metal cafe rods make no noise as they are moved. The screws holding the top curtain will be vertically aligned about an inch from the edge, and the screw eyes will be covered with mini gauges that are removeable. The front is to the right in this photograph.
Act Two finds my idea of using foil as an outside skin unworkable. It was obvious that for the outside, the surface must be something that is easily repaired. I decided on a beautiful Metallic blue and gold with silver highlights and brass, and here is a picture of the first coats of paint and decorative elements. The gilding was done freehand from an ancient Greek mosaic. Nothing is aged yet but will be, and then given several layers of varnish to preserve. This is a model for an open source design I wish to present as a crowd sourced project. It will have a removeable top, and sides. My dream is to make this artform available to more children and classrooms. They can learn how to make beautiful things, write their own plays or make them up on the spot. Any images that speak to them can be copied and used either as sets or puppets.
Can I say how many lovely uses I have found for the humble button cover? They can adorn a multitude of craft projects, and make killer Steampunk buttons on an ordinary shirt, but they can also disguise construction details like screw heads. While I wish I could afford the brass ones, I am literally on a tiny fixed income and must make my own labor create what I can't afford. This came about because I was pondering how to create the top permanent proscenium curtain, which must be removed to change sets and lights when plays change. It would mean four ugly screws showing on my beautiful side walls, or to sink the screws and make removeable knobs. Then I happened upon a bag of findings. Button covers! I shall transform the lowly button covers (four of them) into tiny nautical gauges! They will sit over the screw head and look beautiful!
I have been working with a LED light designer on various colors and blinking times to create wavy reflections inside. The lights will be suspended on brass cafe curtain rods that will run across the "ceiling" and can be rocked and moved to enhance the wave effect. when the working set is complete, there will be a video to show how the lighting works. Many things in the underwater set are altered aquarium decor, mixed in with my polymer clay and other altered toy rod puppets of divers, etc. I mix two dimensional characters with 3D toys for a greater illusion of space and for kids to see how they can alter toys to be characters. The inspiration for this set is a Spanish Toy Theater which is shown in Act One here .
The theme is Captain Nemo in "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" by Jules Verne, and the first sets and characters will be for that particular story, but the uses are many: the undersea set can be used for all sorts of sea stories about the Oceans and global warming, with characters like big fish, jelly fish and reef characters to tell a story. It can acommodate mer-people for stories about mermaids--or even Percy Jackson and his father Poseidon and Greek Mythology. I always like Neireids myself and imagine them moving about on Hippocampi, as they do on ancient Grecian urns.
This year, I plan to continue to teach and not sell. I had the time last year to get much more involved with the kids who came to my table (I had two tables so I could work on making things all day), and I learned a lot talking to my audience. Ended up making puppet kits for two enthusiastic kids with parents very into working with them, and got great ideas for making kits that are very affordable (perhaps next year). I always give away stickers and coloring pages for smaller children, and will have the same this year as well. All of the stickers are with non-toxic toner and paper. I will have my memory boxes (a new one this year) and the beginning drawings for a Greek Toy theater for my nephews who are big Percy Jackson fans.
Last year, I was in the basement--very nice for me except that I was at the exit of the Flight Simulator and could not put up my entire booth. I had maybe six feet by 8 feet in actual space to use. My neat sign with moving gears I had hoped to debut had to stay home. It would be really nice if I could get my whole booth up. There was so little walking space that I could not build out or to either side.


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Path CEO bullish on Windows Phone, will have app in 2013
Dave Morin, Path's CEO, says the company plans to start developing for Windows Phone in 2013 in an interview with Bloomberg.
"I'm bullish on Windows Phone," Morin said in an interview with reporters at a Bloomberg Newsmaker event in San Francisco, before adding that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer "and those guys deserve huge credit".
Path, if you haven't heard of it, is a social network that works like Twitter, allowing you to share message and photos with others, but with a maximum of only 150 people.
Adding praise to the Windows Phone eco-system, Morin also said that the "Lumia is probably the best-designed phone, besides the iPhone".
Strong words, but as we know in the mobile space, six months is a very long time.


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Making the push
Thanks for all the route input. Going to put some of it to paper and fire off some more questions when I have a minute to process it all.
I have changed my flight and decided to make the push from PV to the border. It has been a frustrating experience but lessons learned. I will land in PV the evening of the 25 and be ready to get on the road sunrise on the 26. My papers expire on the 29 so I am assuming as long as I process on the 29th I am good?
Thanks again for all the help and hope my mis-steps have helped others. All this is part of the experience and will make me more dilligent about my paper work in the future.
Throughout the entire process I maintained a positive atittude while dealing with everyone and saved my venting/ranting for here. I renewed my attitude and faith in Mexico after a great day of surfing and beer drinking in Sayulita with some transplants from Guad. Another offer for a free place to crash when I return and sympathetic ears for my oversight in the import process.
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Mirrors - A Holocaust Memorial Poem by Jan Watts
Extract from Anne Frank's diary - January 7, 1944
"I saw my face in the mirror, and it looked so different. My eyes were clear and deep, my cheeks were rosy, which they hadn't been in weeks, my mouth was much softer. I looked happy, and yet there was something so sad in my expression. The Secret Annex, Amsterdam - December 22, 2011
The window is covered by a thin mesh.
You can see out,
but like then,
no one can see in.
Limited reflections
on this damp day at the junction
of the Prinsengracht and the Bloemgracht canals.
On the outside wall,
close to the window frame
is , what looks like
and probably is,
in this city of the bicycle,
a bike mirror.
Its long arm sticks out
from the building
catching attention.
In the glass,
I expect to see the twenty-first century
queue outside, waiting to enter
the poignant warmth of this frozen history.
But the mirror holds a memory.
Along the cobbled canal side,
families inhumanly labelled with that corrupted
yellow Star of David,
walk with dignity towards me.
What can I say to them?
What can I say to Anne who wrote July 15, 1944
"...this savagery will stop.... there will be peace and tranquillity in the world once again"?
Yet genocide still happens in my lifetime.
When did we last look in the mirror?
© Jan Watts - January, 2012


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Norman Regional Health System is proud to announce a second MRI unit at the HealthPlex hospital. A mobile MRI has been put in place and is now operational. This brings the Health System's total to three MRIs, with two at the HealthPlex campus and one at Norman Regional Hospital.
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Jonathon "Jonty" Parkin (born in Sharlston, West Yorkshire) was an English rugby league footballer. He joined Wakefield Trinity as an 18-year-old in 1913 and gave 17 years' service, playing 349 times and earning 17 Great Britain Test caps, 12 England appearances and 17 for Yorkshire. He played at scrum-half and also captained England.
Parkin decided he wanted to leave the Wakefield club in 1930, at the age of thirty-four, and he was put on the transfer list at £100. For some reason, Hull Kingston Rovers couldn't or wouldn't find the money; so Parkin paid the fee himself to secure his release. The game's bylaws were adjusted shortly afterwards, so that no player could ever do that again.
In 1988 Parkin was one of the first group of inductees into the British Rugby League Hall of Fame.


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The final crashes that led the end of the USA trip. We gave it our best shot, but in the end, had to end the trip to ensure the safety of those around us.
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Today we covered the most ground during the USA trip, over 300km (186mi)! We encountered and overcame so many challenges. These problems started to wear down our confidence and reduce our spare supplies.
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Today we successfully conducted our first USA trip flight! We overcame many challenges and experienced new ones that held us up for the day.
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Today we set up the ground station, repaired and prepared the airplanes, conducted a flight test, and traveled to our launch location in Ventura, CA.
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Trent, check this post/project out. I think it's right in line with your goal.
Regards - Brian
You have a cool channel I want to build a flying as well with center fuse for little more room
what are you using for your hot wire power supply?
Thanks Stan
thanks to take the time to explained how apm work you are a very generous person
and your geek show is very proffessional
Outstanding Trent. UAV across the US has a pioneer ring to it. Great.
Yes, the Li-Io will serve you well. Nearly 50% more duration.
If you can afford it, buy a battery welder when you make yours or I think I saw someone on e-bay that will do the welding for you. Panasonic does make the best one. You can solder, but I'm not good enough to trust my skill. There is a vent that might release if it gets too hot.
Please keep me in touch with your build. lt sounds exciting.
Hi Trent. Sorry to bug you here. Sent you a few emails re: Trip and Radios - can you check your spam please. Scott.
Good luck Trent! I wish you the best for the Adventure! thanks for your time to educate us with APM and other stuff. :)
I was thinking about your altitude change problems along the flight, and I have often wondered how you would set up for an auto-land at a lower altitude. Have you ever tried the "absolute(?)" check box? I believe you put in meters above sea level instead. I will try it out and let you know what I find.
I am also working on a very simple parachute mechanism that you might want to try out to soften your landings when the terrain gets rough.


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Singer/songwriter Timothy Carroll and guitarist/composer Oscar Dawson make up Holy Holy, an Australian duo who traveled from Stockholm to Berlin in 2011, writing songs, performing and recording demos. The pair then flew back Down Under and fleshed out the songs in the studio with producer and collaborator Matt Redlich (Emma Louise, The Trouble With Templeton) for a debut full-length due later this year. For now, we can look forward to an EP: Pacific, arriving March 28 in Australia. New folk/rockin' single "House of Cards" (nice Netflix timing!) has a jangly guitar strum and nice propulsive kick, enough power to grab your attention without pinning your ears back. Click through to hear their 2013 single "Impossible Like You."
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An Otter on the road: I'm coming up so you better get this party started!
Crazy is I believe the medical term, if you want to recover but don't want to learn. Well here we go again: the otter is back on the road.
Going from Lille to Cologne through Nimes, Grenobles, Mijoux, St Gallen and Niederschach (oh yeah, Touratech headquarters here I come!). My objectives?
Well to understand the whole philosophy of this trip I need to bore you a bit with the whole back storyline (will take about 5 minutes to get back on track, don't you worry your pretty little head about it! - or you know, just skip this part).
Well well, it all started a couple of weeks ago when destiny sent me an happy new year bro! by bringing me an old lost soul back. It was my old high-school friend Mady who now is in the parachute army section. Hadn't heard or seen her in 2 years. What a great day that was, but a couple of days later, since destiny is a (pardon my french) whore, it took a soul mate out of my life.
In reaction to that I took my bike from Lille to Switzerland and back in about 4 days. Funny trip, now I know that it goes up to 211kmh. ANYWAY... (now is coming the cheesy part so skip right ahead please).
To keep it short:
So the actual Ride Report can start and I'll let you discover why Loutre will be the next synonym of EPIC FAIL on this website.
22/02 Day 0: Garage to Apartment (15kms) Why is my bike so far away from where I live :o(
Total: 15kms
I packed all my stuff and put it on my bike. That evening I had two friends that came up for a visit and left me my birthday gift! An apron with the guiness logo on it and something like hail to the BBQ chef! How well they know me. Oh and of course the best thing ever, a horn for my bike... Fear me now Bamby! Well we had a couple of beers, pizza and a nice conversation about trip planning. Thanks again mates! I'm ready to rock now.
We mounted the horn to my crash bars and they went home. After all I had a contract law class that I needed to attend in the morning, oh an of course 950kms to ride. But hey that's just the gravy of the day, isn't it?
Good night everybody!
Pics of the day:
My new and favorite farkle!
(Pics of my friends to come!)
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23/02 Day 1: Lille to Nimes (993kms) – The day that shall be know as Epic Fail day (with such a title it has to be good, right?)
Total: 1008kms
From 8 to 9:30 I had my law lecture. We talked about how to sue societies that send you letters entitled "You are the lucky winner of our lottery! Please send back that coupon and the price is yours". I think that I found a new life earning!
Here we go! See you on the other side!
Departure at 10 from University and according to my TomTom I'm supposed to arrive around 6 PM... if only: After only 30kms I did my first U turn, I love these modern navigation systems!
About the weather conditions: It was cold and snowing, average temperature was about -4°C. Like an onion I had 5 layers on and 3 scarves. What a highlight at every gas station! At this point I want to thank BMW for their heated grips and to the Turks for the coffee, this trip couldn't have been made without your team effort!
Most of the time I used the highway due to the snow, ice and of course the lack of time that I had. I literally crossed France that day and had no intention to waste time. I had a funny moment when I overtook a trailer... I looked at the bike on its back and it was the car from Back in the future. It was one of these "pics or didn't happen" moments and also a moment where you say to yourself, "darn should have trained the activation of my gopro before the actual trip!". Well, I tried to, but failed, hence no pictures.
What is always fun to look at when you are taking gas at a station is the look on the people faces! "You are crazy", well they didn't say it but the look was more than enough... oh and of course you have the look on the chick faces like "wow what a hero", but I had no time for them.
A great remark on the bike though. The more you do highway sections, the less it vibrates. At the very beginning I remember some crazy rumbling in the handlebar at about 120 kmh, now I can go up to 140 without any problem. Maybe my own shivering did compensate the whole thing :o).
Well now comes the funny part. At about 8 pm, and 45 minutes to go, I made a stop at a gas station and got a text like "won't be there". There it was again, that nervous laugh that I always get when I get bad news. Fuck it. Then I took a quick look at the walls and found an AC adapter! Great time to charge my phone and my Helmet. I went out again and looked through my stuff to get my usb adapters out... Well another bad news... I forgot all of them. God damned, how much worse can it get? Well... when a door closes a window opens. Two chicos came and talked to me. They went backpacking and hitchhiking from Barcelona to Berlin and are on their way back. We had a nice talk about trips and lifestyle. When they knew that I am German they took a bottle of Jägermeister out and invited me for a drink :o). Don't judge me, but at that moment I totally forgot that you aren't supposed to drink and drive. The bad news got my mind.
Anyway they told me about their trip and they are doing some mini jobs on the road like being a bartender in Amsterdam and had no fixed plans in life. When I asked them for a picture they answered me "of course, what kind of sexy position do you want us to do? Do you want us to get you those kids on the picture too?". Great guys. After 3 shots I looked at my watch and it was time to go. I had lost another hour, but it was a constructive one! When I got all my gear on again they asked
"aren't you cold on your bike?"
"I sure am"
"So why are you doing this?"
"For the same reason you are backpacking in February from Spain to Germany, because it's fun!".
Well on the road again! I arrived at the address that I wrote down some time in the past and there I was in front of... a strangers home. To make something clear, she lives with her brother during the weekend so I was looking for his house. I had a package to deliver that I bought for her 2 years ago but never had the chance to give it to her. Regarding the circumstances it was now or never. Well I texted her "is it normal that there is not your brothers name on his door?"... she answered me quiet a while later (but than again time passes slowly in moments of deception and of freakin' coldness) that the number was the wrong one but the street was right, but that I wouldn't find his home since it's complicated. Well that's a good answer, all that I understood was "you are in the right street but need to look a bit closer"... I called a friend who supported the whole trip and knew the story to keep my company and to help me with google to find the right place. Well after hours of searching with a flashlight in motorcycle gear I kinda gave up the idea of finding it. I think the neighbors were about to call the cops anyway, I mean you see a guy in dark motorcycle gear with a torchlight looking at names on all the doors in the neighborhood... what would you do? And of course on every door was written "this house is under video surveillance".
My friend told me to open a beer and to search a place to get some rest. Well he was about right, it was almost midnight. What a day, 1000kms for nothing. Epic fail.
Then I got that nice text "let me do all this wrong right again and let me come to Lille"! Score! My crazy personality wasn't completely wrong!
Well anyway it was about time to find a place to sleep. I wanted to head to Mijoux thinking it wasn't that far away... well 400kms... Oh ok... well what is nearer? Grenoble? CHECK. After an hour of riding I found a nice place next to a bridge to plant my tent. Jesus, what a freaking wind! Normally I manage to build that tent up in about 10 minutes, it took me about 3 times more that night. The crosswind woke me every now and then letting me think that I wouldn't find my tent the next morning.
Pics of the day:
Who's got the best looking bike at university
Let me introduce: Coco and Martin. Hope you arrived safe and sound!
Well it's always a great idea to study a card whilst drinking. These Germans know how to brew stuff
Final destination to some strangers home. FAIL
Nice place to set up camp! (pics had been taken in the morning)
Well that famous bridge taken down by the Germans
Well the rumor says that the water went in 2002 15m high. Respect mother nature
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24/02 Day 2: from somewhere to Grenoble (250kms) Time to meet friends again!
Total: 1258kms
After a couple of interrupted hours of sleep, it was 6:30 on my watch and time to pack my stuff. The good news was that the tent had resisted the night. A zip of the cold coffee from the day before and here we go. Needed to put my gloves out to dismantle the tent. My enemy the wind was still there and didn't make it any easier. I charged my phone on the bike whilst packing the tent. I enjoyed the view of the dried river and the ancient roman columns. A German woman came about and thought I was Swiss from my huge sticker on my pannier. Had a nice chat. She was heading with her husband to the French alps for skiing. She left, packed up some more stuff on my bike and a dog came jumping at me. Very playful, seemed young and as I later found out he was a crossing between an Australian Shepherd and an Husky. His owner came and some more chatting. Great I had some time to spare! He was an old soldier and biker. He picked the dog up 2 days ago from the Animal Protection Counter (or something like that in English? oO). He used to do the same kind of road trip during the winter to the Marmotte meeting. And since he was a real biker he asked me about the wind and not about the cold ;o). We agreed on the fact that everyone can ride when there is good weather. And there's no such thing as bad weather, just a bad equipment.
He left and I finished charging my bike when another man came. Seemed to be a popular spot to jog and walk your dog. He asked me if I had a problem with my bike, to which I was barely able to reply because he started chatting about the architecture of the columns and about the old bridge we were able to see, and that the Germans destroyed it during WW2. Then he got a little more racist and told me about the invasion and what so ever... I thought the Germans didn't make it further than Vichy? Anyway, after a while I was cold and heard enough of his racist blaming. I cut him off and told him that he had a German right in front of him and that he didn't mind talking to me for about 10 minutes. What? What are you doing here in France? Didn't you made enough trouble back in the past?... Wow OK... well I didn't even reply to that, took my helmet and left.
There were some twisties and I thought it would be a great opportunity to test my gopro. Once I'm back in Lille (this weekend) I'll upload some videos, since they are my first don't blame me for the angle!
I only rode the little roads to Grenoble and discovered that Ski socks weren't as effective as motorcycle socks. I made a stop for gas, took my boots off and changed socks... Brrr I hate that snow everywhere! Well heading to Grenoble to one of my old High-school buddies who just moved to a new place. When I say just moved I mean he did it the day before and just finished mounting his furniture with a lot of cartons lying around. But still I'd get a roof and a warm meal that night.
The snow became more and more intense and I discovered a nice feature on the GS: it's 21 front is like a snow plow! Gets through everything. I spend a great day with him and his mother who came helping him. I helped them moving stuff and later in the evening his sister came around and we all watched a movie. Since he had to wake up at 5 am and since I haven't found much sleep the night before, we went to bed around 11, like little old people.
Pics of the day:
Marcel and Baloo his dog
I simply had to stop for Europe and my studies
Nice evening, just chilling. Look at the "duvet", well as said before: he just moved in.
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25/02 Day 3: Grenoble (0kms) Time to Chill and write that report!
Slept like a baby and had time to catch up with my RR! I already phoned my friend from the Volleyball team in Mijoux and he's expecting me tomorrow, lets hope that that snowplow function is still working on my GS! Today will be about discovering a part of Grenoble with my friends Mom. He came back from work during his break and had some trouble with his boss... that means drinking in the evening! Before that, I told him that I'll find someone to fix his CPU since it slid from his couch to the ground, breaking some piece inside of it and refusing to start. Dear great internet, HELP ME... Well since it let me down last time I consulted it for some information (regarding the brothers address), it didn't bother me that it let me down today too, so apparently I called a wrong number, or more likely the wrong number is listed in the yellow pages, so that I woke a guy at 9:30 am who gave me a speech and insulted me all kind of names. He seemed nice!
I finally got a real number so now I'm heading to that place and after that I have some legal stuff to do regarding his lease. Yeah since I'm specializing in European law, he gave me his lease to look up some legal stuff. When you hear someone studying law you always think, well I'm sure that guy knows about criminal law, contract law and so on.. Wrong.. it's like asking your gynecologist to perform your knee surgery. But hey since I'm a nice guy I'll make some calls ;).
So later on my friends Mom took my out for a walk along. Did you know that Grenoble is the flattest city in France? No? Yeah you're right, who cares? Anyway it's a great city with an old core which is fantastic. Everywhere you look you are surrounded by the mountains. Well since the old lady didn't sleep well last night, I did some charity work and we walked for 3 hours. I was looking for a coffee place to talk and chill with her, she's very cool and likes heavy metal. We went together to the Kiss concert in Paris a couple of years ago. Since she was undecided I told her that I needed some things for tomorrow (beer), we went looking for a shop and stumbled into some mascots. Flash me!... Well I took my camera out and took it literally ;o). Then I found a special Irish shop and forced her to go inside! Grouwww I love their fashion and beer! Well once inside I found a little something for my dearly beloved: a Kilt! And yes I did wear it like it's supposed to :o). Bad thing it was WAY overpriced and would cut into my fuel budget.
On our way home we got into a supermarket and got my 1rst aid kit for the rest of my trip (more beer).
Well that's about it and an update is about to follow!
Stay tuned!
Pics of the day:
Some art for the brainy guy inside you
Video Game landscape?
Flash me... So I did... I took out my penis!
Inside of Grenoble
Good enough for this site
I simply love this city for its view
Anybody knows what this is for? I guessed some feminist angry about the horse meat story?
It's magic, the next Uri Geller?
Some goodie goodie for my dearly beloved. And yeah I did wear it like it's supposed to
Took us about 5 takes to get it "right"... it means hood (insert joke here!)
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I'm back home and doing my best on updating this asap!
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Well here we go with the update..
So where were I?
Oh yeah! The Pub! So we planned on going down to a bar somewhere in Grenoble. Apparently my friend, well lets call him by his nickname, Fanf, knew some good old Irish pub... well sort of, I'll explain later. The first problem was he is very bad at orientation. I mean we headed down some random direction and after a while he asked me to pull out my mobile phone to ask google where we were... Since I had no AC adapter I didn't really fancy that idea and instead asked the first strangers I saw in the street, always a good idea 'n'est-ce pas'? (Thank you for that thoughtful education momy). In our luck I just aborded one of the greatest alcoholics in Grenoble 'cause his friend immediately said to me yeah of course he knows this bar, he's always there, well in fact he's always in some kind of bars. I'm gifted with a radar for special people I think. Anyway they told us to turn around [ ] and go all the way back from where we came and than simply turn left... Did I mention that my friend was bad at orientation?
Finaly we got in the bar but missed happy hour by 10 minutes, a couple of people to blame for that:
Well fair enough he paid for the first drinks. Since we needed a drinking motto for the night, we took a quick look back at the last few weeks and decided to drink on his new appartment, his job, this trip and my birthday (which was already a week old, but who cares if it involves drinking, right?). Some guys at the bar turned around as they heard that it was my birthday, gave me a big smile and congratulated me. Always nice!
Since we haven't seen each other in a couple of month we casually talked about what happened during his work week (What? We aren't women) and how much his work sucks and that he haven't met any new friends in the city. Is that all? 'Cause nothing is easier than that, like the master of Baloo said to me (don't think I've mentioned it before): humans aren't animals, so lets go talk to some strangers. He wasn't convinced, so I needed to prove my point. I went to the guys at the bar and asked them for a picture for my RR. Of course they agreed and we passed a good evening. I mean that is what the photos show. It kinda became fuzzy after that point. They invited us for a drink and told us that they where some kind of PhD canidates in some king of physics thingy that I didn't understood, well I understood that it had to do with water but writing a PhD about that? Well as I said it became fuzzy. Fair enough they encouraged me into doing my road trip longer and to stop giving a damn about my class on monday... They even made me a paper for my teachers: We (quoting names) allow Thomas to miss his class to explore the known and unknown part of the universe. If that doesn't work, then what could?! They ended up chanting happy birthday to you through the whole bar. Always nice to have strangers doing that for you. I think I'll have a birthday every month just to get that exciting feeling! Feed my ego!
At 2 am we went home and I knew the next day would be hard. Not enough sleep and new snow fallings were announced.
Pics of the night:
My note allowing me not to entend my lecture, this must have some kind of value!
Some FYYFF moments
And the last PhD.
The Bar
At the end: one satisfied face! Lets continue this epic journey!, Cheers!
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26/02 Day 4: Grenoble to Mijoux (170kms) – Who said that Motorcycle gear isn't multifunctional?
Total: 1428kms
I had set the alarm for 7 o' clock but as you can imagine the wake up was quiet a bit hard. I fell asleep again for an hour and needed to roll myself out of the bed. In fact I was invited to lunch by my volleyball team mate somewhere in the "Jura" area. My sat-nav predicted 3:30 for 170kms, add to that the snow and you have a 4 hour ride. Well it was clear that I'd be late. I ate quickly some stuff that was lying around in the kitchen and loaded my bike. Here we go!
It was heavily snowing and I faced the coldest day of my trip: -12°C. Good thing I use my ski-gloves. Less protection but a lot more heat. Time to test my Gopro again (as soon as I figure out how to use Cineform you'll have some clips to watch!). Well as I got out my other camera to get some shots of these beautiful landscapes, bad news came across: it refused to turn on. The camera was supposed to resist cold temperatures. Darn it. My excuses for the bad quality pics that'll follow :o).
Since bad news never come alone I had to face a roadblock. The closed the pass for bad winter conditions. What kinda pussy do they think I am? It was close to 12, I definitely was late. I took out my phone to call my friend but there was the releaving message: "Went out skiing, coming back at 2pm". Great, he bought me time. I needed to turn around and thanks to modern technology an alternative route was quickly found. 30 min detour.
The nearer I got to Mijoux the more snow and ice there was. Add to that roads in very bad condition with gravel everywhere and you have a perfect cocktail to go down. And indeed I almost did. Luckily my Gopro was on and you'll be able to see that slippery front end moment. To my left and right the snow-walls became higher and higher. I'd be there with some time to spare, score! Well should have been the case. My TomTom and its netherland humor thought it'd be funnier to let me turn left into the ski resort. It should have been a "shortcut"... Well shortcut my ass. The ski-lift was over my head and everywhere some confused people. That's a whole new kind of "unstoppable". A man came across my direction and asked if I was lost. "no, no I'm looking for Mijoux, it is supposed to be at the end of this "road". I pointed to that huge 4m high wall. During summer it indeed is a shortcut, but not during the ski season. I was stock between snow and ice and my TR91 showed their limits. I had to unload my bike, turn the bike around and reload the whole thing. Due to that little thing I just arrived on time.
Pierre, my volleyball buddy waited for me with a big smile, "how about some hiking with snowshoes this afternoon?". He knows that I'm always in for any kind of physical activity .
He introduced me to his whole famely, and since I don't want to embarrass my bad memory I won't quote any of their names (kinda big famely).
After lunch we (with his father), went renting some snowshoes for me (thanks again for inviting me at this point!) and there we went. Oh yeah I need to mention that I boiled up some water and pour it over my camera (waterproof) to reheat it. Well it worked and I was able to take some great pictures (you'll see what I mean ;). We did hike for 3 hours and where able to see the dusk over the hills. Amazing view. I think I'll buy a pair of snowshoes for my next winter trip. Didn't know that sport until that day and clearly it's a lot of fun. That'll add a bit more to that "unstoppable" feature. I made another discovery during that day: Motorcycle gear is multifunctional and can be used as ski gear. I think they even use the same material.
His father Jean Jackes insisted on letting me stay during the night and have breakfast with them. How could I refuse such a kind offer . I'm a professionnal leacher! After dinner we played some pingpong and fussball with his sisters and fell asleep almost immediately after.
Pics of the day: feel free to use as wallpaper and/or aliby :o)
What kind of shortcut is that supposed to be?
Look at the lift over the bike
Here we go!
Wasn't a piece of cake
What a view: the mont black and the alpes - where I'd be the next day
A well earned break
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27/02 Day 5: Mijoux to Saint Gallen (479kms) Drawing day!
Total: 1907kms
I opened my eye a bit to see that in front of me was my friends little sister waiting with a present for me. She's about 5ish and drew me a butterfly mask with my name on it. What a quick way to give me a smile all over my face in the morning. Should that butterfly represent my inner beauty? Surely. I took a quick look at my phone and it already was 9:30am. God damn it, I'm late again! I'm supposed to meet my Swiss friend and 5pm. Well that's not going to happen. I wrote him a text... which he never received since he changed his number... always good to know when you're going to someone and he changes his number. Well I took a nice breakfast with my friend, and slowly packed all my stuff together. His parents went off to take his little sister to ski class so that I had to wait for them to return and say goodbye. Long story short I took off at 11am and according to my sat nav I should arrive somewhere around 6pm. A whole day of riding yay!
I already apologize for the few pics that I've taken that day but I just enjoyed riding and didn't want to stop. I took a couple of videos though... just have to wait for the last update for me to upload them on youtube. You'll be able to see my almost falling down. Next year I'll go with some knobbies and maybe if I'm nice enough santa will bring me these snowchains :o). Pierre's mother told me to be carefull since they've announced a drop of the temperatures... Well exactly the opposite happened. The first day I saw a positive sign on my onbord computer... well I say positive I mean 0°C.
As planned I arrived at 6pm and my friend was already waiting for me in his garage with his little 4 year old son. When I got off the bike his son gave me some pictures he had drawn for me. I'm a child magnet! The last time I saw him was 1,5 years ago. Man do they grow fast, can't wait to have a bunch of my own! Then he turned to my bike and his eyes became all sparkly, he had discovered my new hunting horn. He loved it and played for 15minutes with it... well that sound can get annoying, can't it. Matthias, my swiss friend helped me bringing my stuff upstairs into the guest room. I love these swiss! We waited for his wife and other son to come home, had a little chat and then he took me to a swiss restaurant to eat FONDUE =D. GREAT idea! All these Kms have been worth it. I don't think there is anything better than melted cheese with some Kirsch in it. Since he invited me for dinner I incisted on inviting him for a couple of drinks. I mean I had some CHF and needed to spent that monopoly money somewhere (it kinda looks like the canadian money, all shiny and blue, red, yellow).
We first headed to some kind of sportsbar and sat next to the bar. We had a great chat with the barman who was astonished about the fact that I came to France to see my friend.. Well sure that was one of the reasons but don't forget about the fondue! My friend told him that I needed to taste all the different kind of beers that they had in St Gallen... Well there where 3, so 3 pintes for the little one. You know how after a couple of drinks your ability to speak foreign languages increases? Well it wasn't the case for me here since you need some heavy duty vocal cords to speak schwiizerdütsch, but my ability to understand these guys increased drasticly, or so I think, because some sentences just didn't made any sense. After having finished all the draught beer, the barman offered me a bottle of some special beer from the neighbourhood... could have been something else I still would have drank it. He took a glass of wine himself to drink with me and we continued the storytelling. He was kinda too afraid of going motorcycling so my friend and I had to convince him that it was safer than car driving and just the feeling of it is amazing... Well don't have to tell you guys that, right?
Anyhow when we were about to take off, the bartender offered us some swiss herb shots (kinda like Jägermeister) and we went out in the cold again. Don't you worry, not for long since my friend had to show me something. We went into another bar and saw the highlight of my day, they had a sink with two boobs above it to throw up! And written there let your day pass through your head again. Classic! I had another beer and my friend some weird limonade made out of milk acid, and headed back home again. Surprise, he turned on the ignition and the screen showed Welcome LordFridge, kinda my nickname on the game we played a couple of years back, arf all these memories returning. Great day!
When we've got home, his wife was waiting with a surprise for him: A fishing magazine... in which they wrote an article about him! A friend of his sent them the picture and they wrote a whole page about his great catch! Well done Matthias!
Pics of the day:
Fondue Time
Even the coffee is better there
They make good beer over there
In action
"Hospital cave"
I'm proud of you, have to come back in the summer trying that boat of yours
They have a weird cat who loves to smell shoes...
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28/02 Day 6: Saint Gallen to Köln (579kms) – Touratech headquoters... Like X-Mass!
Total: 2486kms
A nice last breakfast all together and my hosts had to go off to work. But before Matthias and I had to help his son to build a playmobile castle. "What kind of generation is do they belong to? I mean when I was young no one was allowed to even glance at my playmobile castle, they're becoming fucking lazy". He was right about that. Where went the creativity? I don't even want to know where this is going with all that technology out there. Well I still have time to think about that. Anyway once downstairs and ready to start I saw that my chain was loose. Had to uncharge the pig and start working on it. Is there a better feeling than getting your hands dirty in the morning? After that little adjustment off I went. Direction Touratech Niedereschach!
Well lets cut to the chase, it's an amazing place. All these shiny bikes they have with all these stories behind *.* I was like a child. Since this had to be a significant visit I wanted to buy something important... Like these new LED foglights. Grouwww.. They do look sexy.. But man what a pain in the arse to mount (look in the Parallel universe...). I seized the occasion to ask them some questions and there the disappointment started. I wanted to know the difference between O and X ring chains, I know I've read it hundreds of times here but I wanted to hear about it in my mother language. The salesman had to get the machanic to give me an answere... embarassing. Then I asked them about batteries. They told me not to use lithium and to stick with what BMW said... disappointing... then I looked at these shiny suspensions, and asked them about the shockbold design flaw. They haven't heard about it. Wow that was a surprise, and they couldn't even imagine that it was possible... well I showed them the link on ADV rider. Maybe a new farkle on the way? I doubt it.
Well after 2 hours in paradise it was time to take off. I still had a lot of Kms to do.
There it was again, the sign of Rottweil, saw that the last time in 2011... I needed to go there. My favorite german band "Die Toten Hosen" wrote a song about that city... how the singer needed some chewing gum, went into a shop and found the woman of his dreams... Well after all these women problems I could use one of these ;). Changed course to Rottweil, stopped at all 3 gasstations, bought 3 packets of chewing gum and always the same dilemma... I think the women in there were dreamy 20 years ago when they wrote the song... but now, well... I think they still wait for someone to pick them up. Well third time is a charm! See you next year!
Out of Rottweil it began to snow again and it was amazing how much snow there were in comparison to Switzerland. The child in me came out again and so I turned into a snowed in field. I think I was a bit too optimistic with my TR91. I did like 20-30 meters till I got stuck. Well impossible to move that pig and I needed to get all my stuff off again. This is when I saw that my front tire had a big slice in it. Wow darn, hope this will hold until I get home. I always flamed about the tubes but now I was happy to have them.
After getting my bike out of that snow/ice mix I was tired and ready for a nice lunch break. Took my beer and crisps out. Did you notice how everything just tastes better after a hard day of riding? After my little break I didn't want to jump on the bike again and decided to profit a bit of that snow... building an 1,90m Snowman... Took me about 1-2hours but it was worth it. The few people that came across hiking just looked at me like 'what is wrong with you?'. Fair enough I always get that look when I go riding, especially in winter. After playtime I went to my bike loading my dufflebag and a man asked me if I had some problems... well no I just got stuck in the snow and build a snowman, I'm alright mate, thanks... what? Stuck? This wasn't necessary riding in the snow, was it? Sure, but man is it fun!
… And off I went in direction of old sweet home, Cologne. My childhood friend waited for me and we had a nice evening together with a lot of beer and grilled beef. Yumm!
Pics of the day:
Where dreams are build!
A new use of the Zega's, I want the same later!
Dear santa?
Well it was comfy
I'll be back Rottweil!
Wow I look tired :o)
Who wouldn't have gone into that fun field?
Wrong tires? Too heavy? A mix of both
Best use of these boxes!
Can he join the Asylum?
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01/03 Day 7: Cologne to Lille (324kms)
Total: 2810
Well nothing special here. Went to my grandparents, helped them moving some stuff around and spent the afternoon with them. After that filled up the tank and off I went to Lille. Well one important thing happened that day: I passed the 20000Kms since I have that bike... June... I think that that is kind of an accomplishement, even for the ADV community :o). I'll open a bottle of beer for myself, and of course my little Pumpkin GS... Never let me down in these 9 month. I really love spending time on her .
Cheers to you all, I hope you enjoyed the ride!
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To say I nearly missed this.
Shouldn't this be in ride reports? I know, by the book still a week, but the distance and the snow. And the fact I nearly missed it.
But what a way to spend a week.
And bloody cold it was too, with a bitter polar wind.
At least it keeps bacteria in check.
The last picture with the snowman totally captures the spirit of the ride.
Jolly good writing too. Let's bring on Spring.
Moriunt omnes pauci vivunt
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