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Stephen Podmore went gravel riding
Yesterday at 06:04
EU26 30 Herrenberg to Spielberg
19/8/26
Good morning everyone, the day looks like it’s going to be a beautiful day after a rainy night. I slept pretty well, again with earplugs, because the room was a bit noisy as I had the windows open to allow some fresh, cooler air into the room. Breakfast was…
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Hanne 🐎🤿🚴♀️, Christof 🏔🚶🏽♂️🐕🚲 and ☀️🏔Uli🥾🚴♀️ like this.
Stephen Podmore went gravel riding
August 18, 2026 at 06:16
EU26_29 Großbottwar to Herrenberg
18/8/26
Last night was pretty good, dinner was roast beef with gravy and spätzle, no sign of vegetables or salad though. I also slept well, with the ear plugs in this time because the church nearby chimed every hour through the night. At least one chime for each hour after…
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Stephen Podmore went gravel riding
August 17, 2026 at 08:47
EU26_28 Spielberg to Großbottwar
17/8/26
Embarking on a short tour with a much lighter setup replacing the tent, camp, sleep, rain and shower gear with a credit card 😂
That translates to no handlebar bag (just the small companion bag), no panniers, 1 less bottle, no power banks, no Exposure D-Max light (only taking…
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Stephen Podmore went for a bike ride
August 10, 2026 at 05:28
EU26_ 10/07/2026 Pirmasens to Contwig return to Spielberg 😞
10/07/2026 Pirmasens to Contwig return to Spielberg 😞
This trip was not originally planned and to be honest, probably the planning I did was pushing myself too hard. I had an inkling that I had maybe picked up a virus but I felt better than reasonable. Yesterday was so hard…
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Stephen Podmore went gravel riding
August 9, 2026 at 06:20
EU26_ 09/08/2026 the first day of riding to the UK or that was the plan.
I’m 65 km in on a ride that was meant to be 98 km. A number of factors will blow that out to 123k; climate change is the big one as the Rhine River, which borders France and Germany, is so low that the small ferry I was going to…
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Stephen Podmore went gravel riding
July 29, 2026 at 15:00
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Stephen Podmore went gravel riding
July 17, 2026 at 06:52
EU26_25 Kehl to Spielberg
Friday 17/7/2026
The grand finale for this wayward adventure. I’m disappointed my grand tour plans didn’t work out but that’s more the ego that has to deal with that. It has taught me that family is more important than some of my more indulgent adventures as this one really was.
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Stephen Podmore went gravel riding
July 16, 2026 at 06:31
EU26_24 Bantzenheim to Kehl
Thursday 16/7/2026
I had a nice Italian meal last night, not fancy, not pasta, but a balanced meal.
Sleep was ok, albeit a bit warm and with regular storms passing through.
I see it is Europe v South America for the World Cup; I was going to watch the match…
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Stephen Podmore went gravel riding
July 15, 2026 at 06:12
EU26_23 Montbéliard to Bantzenheim
Wednesday 15/7/2026
I didn’t go out for dinner last night, mostly because there was only fast food because of the festivities, so I just ate my remaining bread with berry jam.
I should’ve made time to do some stretching last night and I didn’t. I spent the time cleaning out…
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Bonanza.....due Ruote Nel Fango and ☀️🏔Uli🥾🚴♀️ like this.
Stephen Podmore went gravel riding
July 13, 2026 at 06:27
EU26_21 Beaurepaire-en-Bresse to Routelle
Monday 13/7/2026
Well I didn’t get away early this morning, check out and breakfast were only open from 7 o’clock as it turned out. I had breakfast, a couple of strong cups of coffee, cereal, yoghurt and some hot bread buns with berry jam. I wasn’t able to pocket any…
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Stephen Podmore went for a bike ride
July 12, 2026 at 06:27
EU26_20 Nivigne et Suran to Beaurepaire-en-Bresse
Sunday 12/7/2026
Good morning. I had a really, really good sleep. The campsite was very basic but good though I had to provide my own toilet paper at this one.
So today I was going to head off early but given that it’s a shorter day, I enjoyed the sleep…
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Stephen Podmore went gravel riding
July 11, 2026 at 06:03
EU26_19 Morestel to Nivigne et Suran
Saturday 11/7/2026
It’s about 3 o’clock in the morning and there is a huge storm. It had been threatening since I’ve turned the light out at about 21:45. There was lightning in the distance and rumbling but at 3 o’clock it certainly came over with loud claps of thunder, probably…
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Bonanza.....due Ruote Nel Fango, Thierry🇧🇪🇮🇹🚴♂️🚴♀️🚴💜☀️☀️🟣⚪⚫🟥 and klapptnix 🚲📷 like this.
Stephen Podmore went gravel riding
July 10, 2026 at 05:54
EU26_18 Voreppe to Morestel
Friday 10/7/2026
Well I had a really good stay last night in this Ibis hotel in Voreppe, the staff really looked after me nicely really very personal. The attention was very nice.
It’s now 7:45 and I’m on the on the road.
There were three couples I met this morning…
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GravelHit🏕️🩴🧢🎒🚲, Amory Fan De Gravel and Grégory Freychet like this.
Stephen Podmore went gravel riding
July 9, 2026 at 05:37
EU26_17 La Motte-Fanjas to Voreppe
Thursday 9/7/2026
Even if I ride the 15% climb, which is not that long (about 700m) and even if I ride it at 3.5 km/h, it’s still riding right? I’ve actually ridden this hill before after staying at the castle campground on day 4 when I rode back to Grenoble…
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klapptnix 🚲📷, ☀️🏔Uli🥾🚴♀️ and Grégory Freychet like this.
Stephen Podmore went for a bike ride
July 8, 2026 at 05:26
EU26_16 Le Pouzin to La Motte-Fanjas
EU26_16 Le Pouzin to La Motte-Fanjas
Wednesday 8/7/2026
Woken up to a beautiful morning it belies what is going to eventuate today but I’ll take it for what it is at the moment. It’s 20°. Just beautiful. It would be great if it was like this all day but it’s…
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