Claire on the Move
Travel blog for anyone interested and for my memories
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Having had no lunch and feeling cold and a little hard done by, I determined that a cup of tea and something ridiculous was in order to celebrate our last day in the Czech Republic, when we arrived in Ceske Budejovice. This absolutely fitted the bill. Any complaints from the keeper of the purse were…
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So far a feature of the journey has been ghost villages and towns. We have often gone without food (that apple picked from the hedgerow was so sour) and occasonally ran out of water as there hasve been few shops, cafes or pubs open along the way. There are some advantages of going in between…
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Today was just such a good day. We left Vyssi Brod with a 4 mile climb up out of the valley and away from the river – not a very auspicious start you say? But the views back over the monastery on the banks of the river, were spectacular and Rob spent such a long…
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After spending the night at Horni Plana, we cycled down to the ‘beach’. In the 1950s the Vltava became a huge reservoir here- the largest area of water in the Czech Republic. So Horni Plane would have been high up the side of the Vltava valley but is these days on the banks of the…
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If what goes up, must come down then in cycling terms what comes down, then nearly always must go up. When I planned the trip to follow a river, I was aware that rivers do flow down and that generally we would be going more down than up. The first 7km from Kvilda to Borova…
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When we couldn’t find the source of the Vltava River, the natural thing was to check out Ellen’s project on Google Earth. My daughter, a second year Geography student, is working through a true labour of love as part of my 60th birthday present. Her project has involved mapping the first part of the river…
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Not starting work each day until 11am is making me soft. The alarm went off at 05.50 giving 10 minutes of turn over and try to ignore the whole world. 07.00 saw us at King’s Lynn station with less minor hiccups than usual – but the time explains why I thought I was actually smiling.…
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How do you cope when you achieved your lifetime ambition in 1996? After John O’Groats to Land’s End it took a while of perusing to settle on the next goal. Cycling aroung the Isle of Wight in the ice at New Year just didn’t hit the spot. Plans to cycle the River Thames from the…
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A sharp learning curve, getting to grips (sort of) with blogging for the first time. Enjoy!
Claire on the Move 