How long does the North Sea route take?

"Steve Collier" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Due to my employer hitting hard times, I have a chance to take some voluntary unpaid leave.
Together with summer holiday, I could get a block

of

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time from mid-May to the end of July. Does anyone know whether this is enough to do all of the
Norsth Sea route, in practice (i.e., you know of

an

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actual time it took)? Failing that, any other major expedition

suggestions?

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I usually tour with a recumbent trike (Trice Micro) trailer and camping gear. I'd be starting from
SE Norway.

Uh...wouldn't you be better off with some kind of boat?

Steve Collier said:

Due to my employer hitting hard times, I have a chance to take some voluntary unpaid leave.
Together with summer holiday, I could get a block of time from mid-May to the end of July. Does
anyone know whether this is enough to do all of the Norsth Sea route, in practice (i.e., you know
of an actual time it took)? Failing that, any other major expedition suggestions?

I usually tour with a recumbent trike (Trice Micro) trailer and camping gear. I'd be starting from
SE Norway.

Here's a link to the webpage of a guy who cycled the North Sea Route earlier this year:

fastload.netfastload.netOpen ↗

Looking at the site now, it seems many of the pages are blank, I don't know why that might be and
seem to remember this didn't used to be the case. Anyway, he seems friendly enough (I've seen him
post on the Cycling Plus forums) so perhaps he'd give share some of his experience with you if you
emailed him, there's an address on his site.

Seems to be a number of other North Sea Route links collected there too:

fastload.netlinks.htmlOpen ↗

Hope that might help as a start.
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Steve Collier said:

Due to my employer hitting hard times, I have a chance to take some voluntary unpaid leave.

Wouldn't you be better of finding a new employer?

-- Simonb

Steve Collier said:

Due to my employer hitting hard times, I have a chance to take some voluntary unpaid leave.
Together with summer holiday, I could get a block of time from mid-May to the end of July. Does
anyone know whether this is enough to do all of the Norsth Sea route, in practice (i.e., you know
of an actual time it took)? Failing that, any other major expedition suggestions?

If its unpaid leave check out the ferry prices before you organise too much - they are not cheap
between Norway and the UK

Tony

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"Steve Collier" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Due to my employer hitting hard times, I have a chance to take some voluntary unpaid leave.
Together with summer holiday, I could get a

block

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of

Quoted message said:

time from mid-May to the end of July. Does anyone know whether this is enough to do all of the
Norsth Sea route, in practice (i.e., you know of

an

Quoted message said:

actual time it took)? Failing that, any other major expedition

suggestions?

Quoted message said:

I usually tour with a recumbent trike (Trice Micro) trailer and camping gear. I'd be starting
from SE Norway.

Uh...wouldn't you be better off with some kind of boat?

Uh this is a cycling ng - the North Sea route has about 6000km of signed cycle-route.

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Here's a link to the webpage of a guy who cycled the North Sea Route earlier this year:

fastload.netfastload.netOpen ↗

Looking at the site now, it seems many of the pages are blank, I don't know why that might be and
seem to remember this didn't used to be the case. Anyway, he seems friendly enough (I've seen him
post on the Cycling Plus forums) so perhaps he'd give share some of his experience with you if you
emailed him, there's an address on his site.

Seems to be a number of other North Sea Route links collected there too:

fastload.netlinks.htmlOpen ↗

Thanks, Bob, that's a good start. He doesn't seem to sum up how long major sections of the trip
took, though.

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Steve Collier said:

Due to my employer hitting hard times, I have a chance to take some voluntary unpaid leave.

Wouldn't you be better of finding a new employer?

I wouldn't go to a newsgroup for help with that kind of decision.

Steve Collier said:

Thanks, Bob, that's a good start. He doesn't seem to sum up how long major sections of the trip
took, though.

Try these two which are an itinery for the route. It doesn't do the whole route but (just Hamburg
round to Goole via Norway) but its enough to work out how long it would take.

www-public.tu-bs.deitinerary.htmlOpen ↗ www-public.tu-www-public.tu-Open ↗
bs.de:8080/~wittram/reisen/Nordsee2002/itinerary_engl.html

For the full trip diary also go to www-public.tu-www-public.tu-Open ↗
bs.de:8080/~wittram/reisen/Nordsee2002/index_engl.html

Tony

Steve Collier said:

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Wouldn't you be better of finding a new employer?

I wouldn't go to a newsgroup for help with that kind of decision.

Why not? You can get medical and legal advice here so why not career counselling ;-)

Tony

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Why not? You can get medical and legal advice here so why not career counselling ;-)

Career counselling? Is that a service for cyclists who are afraid of getting back on their bikes
after losing control and skidding into a crash barrier?

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Due to my employer hitting hard times, I have a chance to take some voluntary unpaid leave.
Together with summer holiday, I could get a block of time from mid-May to the end of July. Does
anyone know whether this is enough to do all of the Norsth Sea route, in practice (i.e., you know
of an actual time it took)? Failing that, any other major expedition suggestions?

I usually tour with a recumbent trike (Trice Micro) trailer and camping gear. I'd be starting from
SE Norway.

I've done Harwich-Newcastle (2 weeks including 2 rest days, and ferries from/to Holland) and Nieuweschans-
Hamburg (5 days). The UK part isn't really suitable for recumbent trikes, I think; lots of barriers
on the cycle path parts. Actually ANY bike with full camping gear will have a hard time on some
stretches. Between Harwich and Newcastle there's about 1 mile alongside the North Sea, the rest is
further inland. The German part does follow the coast better... on the inshore side of the dykes!
And again plenty of barriers, again not very trike friendly. I used a Baron, but something a bit
more upright (with suspension!) might be more apropriate.

Mark van Gorkom.

P.S.: the camping along the German Noth Sea coast will be crowded and noisy in summer (and
expensive, but no more than some UK ones *shudder* )

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I've done Harwich-Newcastle (2 weeks including 2 rest days, and ferries from/to Holland) and Nieuweschans-
Hamburg (5 days). The UK part isn't really suitable for recumbent trikes, I think; lots of
barriers on the cycle path parts. Actually ANY bike with full camping gear will have a hard time
on some stretches. Between Harwich and Newcastle there's about 1 mile alongside the North Sea, the
rest is further inland. The German part does follow the coast better... on the inshore side of the
dykes! And again plenty of barriers, again not very trike friendly. I used a Baron, but something
a bit more upright (with suspension!) might be more apropriate.

Thanks, Mark. Interesting to hear you can carry enough on a Baron. I've fancied one of
them for ages!

SteveC

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 10:22:59 +0100, "Steve Collier" >

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Thanks, Mark. Interesting to hear you can carry enough on a Baron. I've fancied one of them
for ages!

You can, but only if you're a dedicated minimalist :-) I use two Ortlieb backrollers with (large)
side pockets, and one small under seat bag (about 50 liters total volume), and that's barely enough.

Mark van Gorkom.

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Originally posted by Steve Collier
Due to my employer hitting hard times, I have a chance to take some voluntary unpaid leave. Together
with summer holiday, I could get a block of time from mid-May to the end of July. Does anyone know
whether this is enough to do all of the Norsth Sea route, in practice (i.e., you know of an actual
time it took)? Failing that, any other major expedition suggestions?

I usually tour with a recumbent trike (Trice Micro) trailer and camping gear. I'd be starting from
SE Norway.

TIA, SteveC

Hi Steve, I am thinking of doing the route myself starting in March, I have planned for 100 days which I am certain will give me plenty of time to complete the route and see some sights - please let me know if you find any complete information about people that have completed the route as it would be good to have an idea on costs and duration. If you do find anything out please e-mail me on [email hidden] - good luck with it.