Gail Rehbein exerts copyright over the stories and photographs on this site (2014-2023).
Gothenburg is a city of commerce, bustling the length of a long thin harbour and along narrow cobble-stoned streets where shops furnish Swedish style and advertise Global Blue Tax Free shopping. The city was doused in hues of grey during our stay, except for one day when the clouds cleared and Nordic blue swept the sky clear. Sunshine sent the flowers into rapture and I joined them. I walked that sunny day,… Read More
Category: Experiment, Travel, Weather Tags: Active Travel, archipelago, Bicycle Hire, Cold, Cycleways, Exhilarating, Food, Gothenburg, Health, Holidays, Infrastructure, inspiration, Nordic, Public transport, Renewal, Scandinavia, Shopping, Spring, Strava, Sweden, Tourism, Trails, Tram, Trees, Well-being, Wind
I’ve finally emerged from a haze of jet lag and head cold. Although both lingered longer than I wanted or expected, I’ve been able to have the rest I must’ve needed. So while I’ve been recovering, there hasn’t been much riding or writing or reading (blog writers, I’ll be visiting again soon 🙂 ). But there are stories in the making. Over the coming weeks, I have some travel tales to tell about cycling in… Read More
Category: Experiment Tags: Health, Retirement, Winter
Remember Barry? Recumbent Trike Barry? A couple of weeks ago, Barry emailed to say he’s taking his trike touring. But Barry’s tour isn’t a little two night tour like my 128km return trip to Brunswick Heads via Billinudgel’s bushy belly. His tour is a three month adventure that will see him riding his recumbent trike 1,900kms (1,180 miles) from Coolangatta to Cairns! Like me, you’re probably wondering why? Well, he likes the challenge. Also at 68, he wants… Read More
Category: Experiment, Travel Tags: Australia, bike-riders, Brunswick Heads, Cairns, Coolangatta, Decisions, Depression, Health, Heat, Hills, inspiration, interesting people, lifestyle change, Making choices, Mental Health, Queensland, Rain, Recumbent, Resilience, Retirement, Risk, Summer, Touring, Trikes, Well-being
Gail Rehbein exerts copyright over the stories and photographs on this site (2014-2023).
Gail Rehbein exerts copyright over the stories and photographs on this site (2014-2023).
a bike for all seasons