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J&J S3ID3L and others went for a hike
August 1, 2026 at 06:13
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J&J S3ID3L and others went for a hike
July 31, 2026 at 06:24
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July 31, 2026
Breakfast isn't really my thing, but with the limited and gold-weighed calories available in the mountains, I naturally do my best at a buffet.
Afterwards, it begins, and right at the start, we opt for a small detour, which, however, earns us a real summit, namely the Samspitze. From there, we look into
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J&J S3ID3L and others went for a hike
July 30, 2026 at 12:13
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J&J S3ID3L and Clemens went gravel riding
July 26, 2026 at 06:41
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July 28, 2026
In the morning, we make ourselves a coffee and some oatmeal — the small, borrowed Soto WindMaster stove is surprisingly fast (for a non-gas stove) and fits perfectly into my coffee mug as if it were made for it. In general, of course, everything is packed and stuffed again, then we push the bikes out
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J&J S3ID3L and Clemens went gravel riding
July 25, 2026 at 06:33
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July 27, 2026
From east to west, after the Spree, the Schwarze Elster is the next Saxon river.
With two hundred and thirty-odd kilometers, it suits me and @Clemens well for a two-day micro-adventure.
The source is easily accessible directly by the motorway if you have a private car shuttle service, and after we've reattached
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J&J S3ID3L went gravel riding
July 17, 2026 at 07:15
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July 18, 2026
Those who follow our adventures closely will have already guessed: Today is the day our Baltic Sea coast tours are supposed to meet. The route to Greifswald doesn't look attractive – you leave the sea and follow a federal highway instead of the coastline – but the destination tempts us all the more with
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J&J S3ID3L went gravel riding
July 16, 2026 at 08:59
Ostseeküsten-Radweg: Nähe Barth → Altefähr (bei Stralsund)
Da wir vergangene Nacht unser Zelt auf einem Reiterhof aufgeschlagen haben, bietet sich Junior nach dem Frühstücken und Packen heute noch eine besondere Möglichkeit: „Wir wollen ein Pony ausleihen!“ - zur Abwechslung mal in einem anderen Sattel mit Ausblicken über die Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft. Danach fix losgeradelt und nach etwas Auf…
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July 18, 2026
Since we set up our tent on a riding stable last night, Junior has a special opportunity after breakfast and packing today: "We want to rent a pony!" - for a change, in a different saddle with views over the Vorpommern Bodden landscape. Then we cycled off quickly and after some ups and downs between
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J&J S3ID3L went gravel riding
July 15, 2026 at 10:21
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July 18, 2026
On this day, we get on our bikes late, because in the morning we first extensively enjoy our perfect beach right in front of the tent "door".
Sleepy campers stroll more or less clothed or not at all from the caravan or tent through the sand, casually throw off their towels and simply walk on, ankles
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J&J S3ID3L went gravel riding
July 14, 2026 at 07:46
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July 15, 2026
In the morning, Junior is fully motivated and is already doing his laps in front of the tent. Once he was almost on the dike before we packed up.
It then goes over dikes as long as he feels like it and then swimming again.
The beaches here are wonderful and if you just leave the villages with their hustle
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J&J S3ID3L went gravel riding
July 13, 2026 at 08:52
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July 14, 2026
After our escape from the Spree, a few days in Berlin and an exciting elevator thriller in the main train station, from which only Deutsche Bahn with its delays could save us, a full train to Rostock and a short, beautiful stay in the old Hanseatic city, we are sportily back from the Baltic Sea Coastal
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J&J S3ID3L went gravel riding
July 10, 2026 at 08:28
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July 12, 2026
On the sixth day, we experience a very beautiful stretch of the Spreewald: first farmsteads and between narrow strips of fields and meadows, again and again large and small canals — or as they are called here: Fließe. Then we dive into the deep green of the alluvial forests. Duckweed in dead arms, paddlers
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J&J S3ID3L went gravel riding
July 9, 2026 at 14:35
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July 10, 2026
We started the day a little more calmly today and enjoyed our unique first-row campsite without any fences right on the reservoir, especially since we were woken up in the morning by tractor noises - music to Junior's ears. An orange Fendt plowed the sandy beach for hours, so breakfast television was
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J&J S3ID3L went gravel riding
July 8, 2026 at 08:04
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July 10, 2026
Day 4 has the best weather so far, but unfortunately we have other challenges: right at the beginning, one, and in total 3❗️flat tires — we get robinia thorns on poorly swept paths; apparently not even Schwalbe G-One Allround can handle them, but we are delayed.
Two insights:
1. You don't have to ride
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J&J S3ID3L went gravel riding
July 7, 2026 at 07:58
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July 9, 2026
After we were first traveling at approx. 19 km/h on the Oder-Neiße-Radweg; then with a child a few months older, but still sitting, at 16 km/h; our average travel speed on the Spree is now only approx. 12 km/h — this is because Junior is motivated and ambitious and wants to and does cycle a lot of distance
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J&J S3ID3L went gravel riding
July 6, 2026 at 08:17
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July 7, 2026
Our first complete day's stage led us along several noteworthy Umgebindehäuser and along the partly wild, partly calmly flowing, already astonishingly wide Spree through small villages, meadows, forests, and over a few hills in the Upper Lusatian Highlands. Junior's cycling power lasted almost 8km at
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August 1, 2026
In the morning, from the hut, a sunbeam cuts through the Stanzertal like a sword, slicing the clouds into two discs, and while we are still in the shade, the mountain peaks behind our hut are touched by the light.
After the nasal and guttural noise of the night, I let the silence sink in for a while before
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