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Starting a new, one-week, #velotrain2025 trip this morning. This time, the goal… | |
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Only two bikes so far (also no reservations required here), but more could come… | |
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@wolfgangcramer Have a good trip. I think this kind of trip is a great adventur… | |
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@FrVaBeThanks for the nice words, Franz, I certainly don't consider myself … | |
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@wolfgangcramer I really like all our little stations. I hope they dont disappe… | |
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@wolfgangcramer @FrVaBe @taseroth transported, or your own weight?About the e-b… | |
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@wolfgangcramerBon voyage! | |
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My first change this morning would have been in Livron, but with the cancellati… | |
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Now heading to Avignon, down the RhĂ´ne (still want to cycle this missing part … | |
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The first engagement on this trip is to speak, tomorrow Saturday June 7, 9:30, … | |
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Rolling along the RhĂ´ne...In Pierrelatte, eight huge fancy e-bikes board the c… | |
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@mdioneI am sure the e-bike is the perfect solution for daily door-to-door comm… | |
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@wolfgangcramer 👍 nice pics | |
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@wolfgangcramer @FrVaBe @taseroth I see what you mean now, thanks. My soon to b… | |
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The great thing about trains full of cyclists is that everyone is ready to help… | |
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In Avignon Centre, there seems to be no particular urgency to provide any way e… | |
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Looking back at the cancelled train from this morning: how can any developer be… | |
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@wolfgangcramer Easy: layers of product managers, "agile" development… | |
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@wolfgangcramer Reminds me how much it annoys me that danish rail has apparentl… | |
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@wolfgangcramer Usually, it’s the product manager who is to blame. Poor devel… | |
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@go_shrummYes, I can see that. My apologies to the developers if this is the ca… | |
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@cycling_on_railsIt's a bit like the meteofrance weather app. An insider on… | |
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With my new friends from the previous train, we all installed ourselves conveni… | |
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@wolfgangcramer a carriage with 18 bicycle spots! Looks like you found the jack… | |
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Crossing the RhĂ´ne at Tarascon.#velotrain2025 11/n | |
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@cycling_on_railsYes and no. It is three high steps up from the platform. But w… | |
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In NĂ®mes this train has seriously filled up, and a bit later at least one pers… | |
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@wolfgangcramer awkward if they have a reservation, frustrating even if they ha… | |
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@wolfgangcramer friends went to a UK festival by train and bike, including youn… | |
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@vicarvernonYes, I experienced just that last week, and I think it should be po… | |
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There are a few more bicycles on the train now than there are hooks, and the tr… | |
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@wolfgangcramer I'm old enough to remember when trains in the UK had guards… | |
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@vicarvernonI remember similar things from Germany in the 1960s. The problem wa… | |
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@wolfgangcramer I just had the same in DE. Only BS info. No info on what part o… | |
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@wolfgangcramer As an American, I can only dream of such trains, such accommoda… | |
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Arrival in Perpignan finally 20 minutes late only, which seems acceptable for m… | |
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Now boarding, on day 2, a similar train from Perpignan back to Narbonne. Mandat… | |
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@wolfgangcramer Perpignan is a nice breakfast break of journey if taking the ni… | |
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Left Perpignan early in order to have more time for the change in Narbonne. Nev… | |
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Narbonne is a vast cathedral with TGVs, IntercitĂ©s and TERs meeting between Ba… | |
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2 cyclists plus me boarding here, some others stepping off. Several staff membe… | |
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That IntercitĂ©s caught some delay en route to Bordeaux, but here they really k… | |
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Crossing the Dordogne just after leaving Bordeaux St Jean towards the North.#ve… | |
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After a pleasant evening in this shiny IntercitĂ©s train (unfortunately no bar … | |
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That concludes train travel for some days. No time to explore the city either s… | |
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@mule_de_secoursMerci ! | |
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Starting the day with pleasant, super-calm cycling on the EV1 along the canal (… | |
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These water works never stop fascinating me, here is a full crossing of canals … | |
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Turning west now, still on the EV1, more open landscapes (intensive agriculture… | |
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@wolfgangcramer it's one of the problems with some sections of EV 1 is that… | |
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@LeenorganicsI was prepared... | |
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Finally getting close to waters under the influence of the tide.#velotrain2025 … | |
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@wolfgangcramer the different "pont canal" of the Canal du Midi are w… | |
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@wolfgangcramer it's the only way to be | |
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@wolfgangcramer are you heading North or South | |
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@LeenorganicsNorth! | |
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In La-Faute-sur-Mer, I can see the guy from the tourism consulting firm telling… | |
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Clearly, I have now reached the busy coastal stretch of the VendĂ©e, and during… | |
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The EV1 is winding through the managed wetlands of the Marais again before one … | |
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Through nice and shady woodlands and some open stretches, always near some wate… | |
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My tent worked well, my sleeping bag less so, so I had a "cold start"… | |
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Very enjoyable cycling with few people out only, on Noirmoutier, all the way up… | |
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If the cyclist runs out of water he/she turns of course to the nearest cemetery… | |
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Tomorrow off to Nantes, for our conference "Les savoirs dans la tourmente … | |
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@wolfgangcramer Oh, very nice! I'm going to be there next week - is it a sa… | |
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Happy to mention the very friendly welcome and excellent stay at the "GoĂ©… | |
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Back to the mainland today, but not across the bridge, rather taking the "… | |
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@ccferrieMy daughter at that age would have done it easily. Everyone went slowl… | |
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@wolfgangcramer Oof, looks like it'll be slippery! | |
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@jexnerNot really! | |
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The passage went well, it was interesting to see people use the access to the t… | |
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Arriving on the mainland, feet slightly wet (because I insisted to go early, 1:… | |
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The nearest stations with rail service to Nantes from here are Challans and Bou… | |
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The windmills are nice, unfortunately their orientation shows where the wind co… | |
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Not sure what people were collecting behind the dyke (Salicornia?), but there i… | |
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At last, I had to leave the EV1 for this time, invited by this lovely sign towa… | |
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Arrived Nantes (great ramps in the station) perfectly on time for my hotel and … | |
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Last day of the trip today, leaving through the marvellous bicycle-friendly sta… | |
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@wolfgangcramer Sad but (often) true. | |
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@wolfgangcramer I really have to appreciate that the 44th post is in Nantes | |
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@LachAnonymAnd I note that after many years in France, I slowly begin to unders… | |
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Some glimpses from the nice morning hours rolling along the Loire. All went wel… | |
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Arrived in Lyon on-time, nice family lunch as planned, but taking the TER to Va… | |
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So the TER was 35 minutes late in Valence and the connection towards the entire… | |
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First, there is the ominous Crest/Die bus 18:25, one can try and negotiate taki… | |
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I am not happy to close this story (and my journey) with negative vibes, but th… | |
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But wait: it was only this morning that I was on the west coast, enjoying the L… | |
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The conclusions from this second #velotrain2025 trip this year are similar to t… | |
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@wolfgangcramer It is rather hard to provide feedback to such institutions, isn… |