@@recstoppauseplay Thank you, and yes we were really lucky with the weather on this trip

We generally leave the panniers on the locked bikes when going grocery shopping or visiting a museum/chateau etc, just bringing our valuables with us. If we're spending a whole day exploring a town, we try to stay somewhere that the bikes can be stored somewhere more secure. For example when we visited Amboise and stayed 2 nights, we booked a lockable tented cabin in the campground where we were able to put our bikes inside. We do have little cable locks attaching our panniers to the bikes, so someone can't just lift the panniers off - a small deterrent.

Thanks so much for the reply. This is very helpful. I’m visiting France on my first bike trip in September.

@@victorfoxweddings That's very exciting for you! And a good time of year too I'd imagine. Fire away if you have any more questions, and have fun planning!

@@VictorPogson Hi Victor, I'm so chuffed to hear that the videos helped inspire your own journey. It's a great way to see the countryside, isn't it. Enjoy the memories as you rewatch the route!

Liam it's great to hear you had a successful trip and found it so enjoyable. Yes there's certainly lots of places to keep a history lover entertained along the route. Really great to hear back from you, and now you'll enjoy planning the next one. No better way to see in the next decade!! Cheers!

Well I think I'll take that as a compliment!! I hope you had a great experience 😀

Great to hear you got more inspiration from the video! Yes, you certainly do have a lot further to travel than we do to get to these European cycling routes, but the riding is so appealing there, isn't it! We haven't cycled in Belgium yet, but that does sound great. Good luck planning you next trip 😄

If you mean a gravel bike, I have no personal experience riding gravel bikes, but from what I've seen on videos, people ride them on this type of trail. As I mentioned in the video, there's a couple of rough, rocky spots, but mostly it was pretty smooth when we did it.

We were riding our full suspension mountain bikes. However, you could ride it on a gravel bike or hardtail, at least based on trail conditions when we did it.

Interesting. At least we were safe from traffic 😀

Thank you very much @DannyBell, glad you got to follow this journey along with us!

Thanks Niek! Good to hear you enjoyed it!

Glad you like them!

Awesome! Thank you! And yes we're lucky that this is something we both enjoy. Happy Trails!

Hi Patrick! Frank did record the ride on Strava. Let me know if that helps and I can connect you with Frank.

Our pleasure! Thanks for watching

Thank you!

The count-down is on, just a month to go!! Exciting 😁 With any luck, we might have another tour coming up later this summer 🤞

Excellent - we're happy to hear that we might have inspired you! You might just get hooked on this kind of travel like we have. Happy Trails!

Thank you! Yes Crete has some fabulous beaches - I would go back in a heartbeat!

😁 Good one!

Thanks - so glad you enjoyed the videos! I do hope you enjoy the ride you have planned - it sounds great. And thanks for that translation, good thing we were already quite familiar with nettles! Happy Trails 😃

Thank you so much Daniel! Glad you found our videos. Most of this 2022 series was done with a GoPro Hero 10. It has a very good stabilisation feature that takes care of all of the shaking. A few stills and short video clips were done on our phones. Cheers to retirement 😀!

@@daphnebehindbars Thanks so much, Daphne! I’ve got an old GoPro but want to upgrade and your videos are simply stunning as well as your editing. Your itineraries lend themselves to beautiful pictures/videos but few capture them as well as you. Truly inspiring. I just picked up cycling again after half a century on motorcycles and enjoy your videos so much. Thanks! Dan

Thank you for that lovely comment Nigel! Great to hear that you enjoyed the videos 😃

Ah yes, good ol' Kerrygold - the very best!! Good eye too!

@@daphnebehindbars can I view your route on Strava

Delighted to hear you're enjoying the videos 😁 and thanks for taking the time to comment!

Thanks for that lovely comment! Hopefully it helps you with your ride planning for the summer!

Yes it certainly was spectacular! No we didn't wild camp - we stayed in campgrounds and hotels or guesthouses

Thank you....glad you enjoyed it 😃

Appreciate the comment! And hopefully the weather will cooperate on your next attempt..... I'm sure you will enjoy the rest of this beautiful trail 😁

Hi Anjo, if you mean in terms of flat terrain, yes the Netherlands is easy riding. However, the rest of the Rhine route in Germany/Switzerland as far as Lake Constance is also pretty flat, since it's generally along or close to the river. It's more hilly between Lake Constance (Bodensee) and the Danube, but then quite flat along the Danube to Passau. We got into more hills in Austria. In terms of route-finding, the Netherlands section was straight-forward as other than Rotterdam, it doesn't go through any big cities. Some sections in Germany were more confusing through the bigger cities. Of course cyclists using gpx devices wouldn'y find that a problem. In terms of finding campgrounds, it was quite easy in the Netherlands, not so easy in the industrial part of the Rhine in Germany (Wesel to Cologne), easy in France and Austria, and they weren't as plentiful in Italy. Pathways and road surfaces were good throughout our route for the most part. That's a long answer to a short question! But I wasn't exactly sure what you meant

Our pleasure Lea! I like giving trail details so others can make use of them if they're doing the same route. Appreciate the comment!

Thanks for that bit of info Ivor - we would not have known that! Don't believe either of us have seen that movie. Although after looking it up, I see it featured a couple of fine actors - might have to track it down!

Wow, thank you! Glad you enjoyed it

Wow, what a wonderful compliment, thank you Alain! We're delighted that you enjoyed our journey. Of course for this trip, because we used parts of a few different routes, we had several different guidebooks and maps. If you wouldn't mind going back and looking at the description blurbs of Episodes 1, 5 and 10 you will find, under "resources", the names of the maps and guides we used for EV15, EV 6 and the Alpe Adria Radweg. Hope that helps 😊

@@daphnebehindbars thank you for this quick reply..it will be a pleasure to view them again..and to plan my new trip..

Wow, what a lovely compliment, thank you! We're delighted that you got so much enjoyment from following our journey. It makes the filming and editing all the more worthwhile.

Thank you!

Thank you very much - so happy to hear that!