Kierson from Sustrans invited us to sleep at his place for the last night of this year's tour. It was so great to meet him and his family and to discuss all the different issues I experienced on the cycling network. He arranged a video call with Sara from Sustrans Wales. She wants to push the barrier removal forward in the agenda and also some other problems that I encountered. Both of them are lovely people and they are trying hard to make cycling in the UK a better experience for everyone.

I decided to push back going to Cornwall a bit since I wanted to be back at my friends place for a belated funeral gathering. I cycled through the beautiful city of Worcester. I finally know where the Worcestersauce comes from 😅

Another adventures comes to an end. 1500 km (1000 miles) full of beauty and kindness and once more the weather God was on my side since we only had 1,5 days of rain ☔ in the whole journey 😍

For everyone who has been writing to me regarding new YouTube videos... I will start putting new videos up on YouTube from next week on. 😊 ...

This was the view I was waking up with in Brecon 😍 from there we cycled to Hay on Wye. The way to there was full of hedges. It made me quite sad because I was cycling through beautiful scenery without seeing it. Every once in a while a fence let me take a glimpse of what I was missing out. Hay on Wye is a beautiful little alternative village famous for its second hand book shops. There I met up with Katie. I stayed with her in Leeds on my last trip to Scotland and she had moved to Wales by now. It was lovely to see her again! 😍 After, we followed the EuroVelo 2 cycle path up the famous Gospel Path. The highest road in Wales! When we reached the top, there was a sign that the road ahead was closed. Why don't they tell me at the bottom? I was not going back down again... So I just hoped that I would made it through.🙈 30 min going down.. At the bottom of the hill on the other side a bid of road had no pavement and no safety fence because a tree fell into the road . But it was doable and I was very happy that I didn't need to cycle all we way back up.. 🚴🐕😁

Another highlight of the day was the Skirrid Mountain Inn day that we passed.
The inn has a reputation for being haunted by several ghosts or spirits and has been said to be the scene of numerous supernatural occurrences or paranormal activities. It's famous for being the most haunted pub in all UK.. ...

The afternoon in the brecon beacons was quite exciting! We followed cycle path 8 up to Brecon. Tiny windy roads led us up the mountain. It was quite lonely in some parts... At one point I was just rolling down a hill coming towards a little bridge when a very confused guy run straight at me and screamed "a car just came down the hill the other side and couldn't turn fast enough. It crashed against the bridge and fell down into the river. Can you get the ambulance. We don't have any signal her." I couldn't belive my ears. A car fell into the river? I stopped and was shocked seeing the car down there. A young couple in there. They seemed to be OK but completly confused by what just happened. I saw the brick wall next to them in the river. They were to fast in the curve and crashed into the wall, overturned and somehow landed on the tyres again (luckily for them)! It was quite some time ago when I lost the phone signal, so I knew I wouldn't be fast enough. The man went into the river to calm down the couple and I stayed on the road waiting for the next car, to tell them to phone the ambulance as soon as they got signal. It took at least another 1 hours until the ambulance came...
I continued still quite confused on my journey into the woods. I was thinking to myself if I was lucky once more? It literally happened 2 min or less before I arrived there being the oncoming traffic. It took quite a while until I was able to be in the moment again and enjoy the nature around me. The traffic free cycle path parts turned out to be more like mountainbike paths. Not easy to cycle on I have to say and even there barriers to small to fit through (luckily a couple turned up just in the right moment to lift the trailer over it). I reached the town Brecon in the evening and just wanted to charge my battery in a pub to continue to Builth Wells but then Paul and his sons started talking to me from the table next to me and they invited me to stay with them. They cooked an amazing meal with home grown organic vegetables (to find something organic is very difficult in the UK). We had a fantastic evening with many great and interesting conversations. So once more a happy ending🚴🐕😍❤️ ...

After having a busy midge night, I woke up in paradise! Without knowing it Zuri and I arrived in the Vale of Neath -also called Waterfall country.
Waterfall Country is an area of over a dozen waterfalls between Pontneddfechan and Ystradfellte in the southwestern part of the Brecon Beacons National Park.

Its a hidden treasure that many people don't know about. We came to a walk, that lead us to a different world...lush greenery, very picturesque and one waterfall after the other. At 8 o'clock in the morning, this world was ours. No other human soul was there. Zuri and I turned around after the 4. Waterfall, so I want to come back to dive deeper in this magical lush world.
We continued in direction of the Brecon Beacons. Once again we were lucky with the weather. A heavy rainstorm came down right after we left the waterfall area but only for 1 hour, in which we found a dry place.. A heavy cycle up the mountain followed and then another fail happened on the cycling network. The cycle path ended and around 5 km were missing before it continued. The only way to it was a very big, high traffic 2 lane carriageway with honking trucks behind me...stress pure!
After reaching the next village, I needed a break. We went into a small cafe. Unfortunately no dogs allowed inside, but we got a place in the beer garden. When we came back outside a guy was waiting for us. He saw us earlier on the road and checked out on Instagram that I was vegan and bought me very delicious vegan lunch, something to drink and very tasty snacks for Zuri. He just handed everything to me and left right away. Once more I was speechless by the kindness that Zuri and I are experiencing here in Wales!! 😍🚴🐕 The rest of the day continued in a very adventurous way with stunning nature. So check out the following post. 😊 ...

I was fearing this day for a long time but it had to come... The day of the Barriers!! It started of great and we went into the #pembreycountrypark to see the longest beach in Wales (10 miles). It's a big Park and it took at least 1 hour to cycle through. But we couldn't get out.. The gate was locked. I was really angry (I was on the Eurovelo 1) and I called the Park officers. A guy came with a set of keys but non fitted. So we detached the trailer again and he helped me through the small round bit with lots of effort. But this was only the beginning. We first cycled on some beautiful wide bicycle tracks to Swansea (wow!) and then we came to the #Neath canal and one barrier came after the other.. A nightmare! They were so small that neither my trailer nor my bike fitted by themselves. I had to lift them halfway up. After the 7. barrier I knew, I was not wished on these bicycle paths and I took the country road instead. Once more we came to a lovely pub in the evening and the young female owner recommended me a place for the night. Sadly right in a midge nest it seemed. Zuri and I had bites all over.. But we were sleeping right next to a pearl of nature, I had no clue about... Another fantastic day was waiting for us 😍🚴🐕with one scary bit I have to admit! 😬 ...

This was quite an exciting day! The first stop was in Tenby. There I accidentally found a cute little cafe run by a German women. We started talking and the told me that everything id completly booked in this town to the end of the year. Because of Covid nobody really wants to go abroad. Her cafe was really busy too and she needed to keep sending people away as soon as it opened in the morning. We cycled across the coast with some beautiful views but suddenly the cycle path 4 was closed and no detour was provided (we cyclists usually are forgotten when roads are closed). The only detour I could see to go back on it was to cross the very busy two carriageway A40. It was scary and I found this an epic fail for the cycling network (who ever is responsible for this). We saw some beautiful scenery after and at one point I had the feeling I should stop in a pub in Cydweli and not cycle any further as planned. I found the Lord Nelson pub and the owner Gerry was wonderful! He made me some food for free, gave me some drinks, I could shower and I could sleep on the couch inside the pub. I could put my bike inside as well. 🚴😍🐕 Once more I was surprised by the kindness of people that dont know me! ❤ And the best was.. It started raining when I entered the pub and stopped pouring down the next morning when I left... 😆😍🐕🚴 ...

When I woke up in the fields I couldn't belive my eyes. My wish came true. I saw some stunning cliffs and the blue sky was waiting for us to explore the beautiful coast of Prembrokshire! Pictures can't show how beautiful it is. I saw endless wide sandy beaches around every corner! But dont be fooled by the pictures. It is still a lot of going up and down 😉 And the sun stayed with us all day! I cycled through St. Davis, the smallest City in the UK (only so because of its cathedral - but it is stunning and huge and well worth a visit!) 😃🚴🐕 ...

After leaving Aberystwyth I was thinking I would make it to Cardigan but because of the up and downs I could only make it to Aberporth. It's a small village right on the coast. I went into the local restaurant hoping to be able to charge and to eat a bit. The waitress said that everything in the whole village was completely booked. I went back to the bike trying to think what do next. When a guy (Duncan) came running out of the restaurant and inviting me to his dad's house. He said that nobody should be hungry in his village, so he cooked me a very tasty meal and offered me to put up my tent in the garden as well. 😍 The next day was tough! I just poured - non stop heavy rain! It took me 2 hours to go to Cardigan and I went into a pub there for a coffee. After a while a lady came to me telling me that I need to leave in 30min because the table was reserved. 15min after she came again telling me I need to leave now because the guests came early. "everybody wants to be dry and comes early when it's raining". I replied to her that I can imagine this because I got really wet as well in the morning. She replied but that I have rain gear on and asked me to leave again. So we did. We cycled all the way to Fishguard. It was just cold,very windy and very very wet! It was a very tough day! In Fishguard the restaurants very fully booked again. I was able to get a seat inside in one for 45min to eat something quickly but needed to finish my drink outside because other people where coming. I just cycled outside the town and looked for a meadow to put up the tent hoping for a sunnier day to come but the forecast was just predicting more of the same.. My deepest wish was to see Pembrokeshire in sunshine, which we were about to see the following day... ...

Wow, und schon wieder neigt sich ein Jahr dem Ende zu...

Da ich in den letzten Monaten vermehrt Anfragen bekommen habe, ob es auch dieses Jahr wieder einen Kalender von mir und Zuri mit motivierenden Zitaten gibt, habe ich mich entschlossen dieses Jahr einen Kalender von unserem Schottlandabenteuer🚴🐕 rauszubringen. Jeder aus Deutschland, der einen Kalender haben möchte, kann diesen noch bis zum 15.12 unter https://www.earththebeauty.de/shop/ (link ist auch in der Bio) vorbestellen. Ich werde dann eine Sammelbestellung bei der Druckerei aufgeben 😊 ich werde darauf achten, dass niemand, der letztes Jahr einen individualisierten Kalender bekommen hat, die selben Fotos nochmal erhält. Es gibt also für euch wieder einen Spezialanfertigung 😀

#fahrradreise #radreisen #nachhaltigesreisen #fahrradtour #fahrradliebe #ebiketour #ebike #stevensbikes #schottland #radfahren #australianshepherds #aussienation #hundeliebe #aussiephotos #abendteuerreise #slowtravel ...

Zuri and I became a visit from Matthias and Sonja, an old University friend . We had some nice days around Valencia. So far Zuri is managing quite well. It is quite hard to get the pain killers in her in the morning but then she seems to be her old joyful self. We even tried cycling to Valencia (25 km) and she had a lot of fun running and sitting in the trailer. We still have to wait for Tuesday for the CT and stay in the area. I am trying to put all my hopes into a new wonder but until then I will give her the best life possibility ❤️🐕❤️ ...

The CT Scan of Zuri is back. I cannot read it but you might.
The vet said the tumour is everywhere. There is no possibility to operate. They would need to take away the whole head. Also operating the bit in the mouth is not possible because it maybe enhanced the tumour growth even further/faster. The tumour is already in the bone and so at one point she will not be able to open the mouth anymore. The only thing that I can do is to give her pain killers and see how long she is having a good life with it.

I wanted to thank all of you who have supported me and Zuri so massively through all your mails, messages, comments and also financialy in the last week! The ct and the wet food for the next weeks is completely paid for - thanks to you all!❤️😍😘 I will try and send the ct pictures to some German specialists to get another opinion. If anybody has some contacts or further things I can do to help Zuri, I am open to all suggestions.
This is the page of Zuri if you want to further support us❤️

https://www.betterplace.me/unterstuetzung-zuri
The Link is in the bio too

The day after tomorrow we will start cycling again. Pictures and hopefully some better stories from the road will come! ❤️ ...

Today we started our cycling journey in North Spain. It was a beautiful ride with some twists and adventures at the beginning and end. But more tomorrow.😉🐕😎
Today I wanted to show you the little village of #albarracin. We stopped there on the way. I heared it's one of the most beautiful villages in Spain. It was stunning but awkwardly empty. It could be very well used as a film set. If you are in the area of #teruel it's worth a visit! 😃👍 ...

Sorry! This update took a bit longer because I was always tiered in the evening!
The first day on the #caminodelnorte was spectacular! Zuri and I cycled along some breathtaking coast! Some paths were super small, single track routes which were a bit challenging with the new #burley trailer. But I had some good training the first week on some mountain bike tracks in the Spanish wilderness. I will tell you everything about it soon! Quite a surprise is waiting for you 😎👍🚴🐕❤️ what was surprising about this first bit to #santander was that you have stunning beaches and at the same time a landscape that reminds me very much of German farmland. It was hard to get these two so different landscapes into my head in one place... Zuri was spending quite a bit of time in the trailer. She has lots of space in it now but she was walking quite some km as well (the challenging but stunning single tracks)... The pain relief pills are working very well and she still enjoys being on the go and especially meeting new people during the day. The first day ended with a little challenge. I missed the last very to #Santander by 5min. What to do in the suburbs I thought...? Because of all the bike travel experience I knew the best thing was to go into a restaurant, fully charge the battery and ask a waiter for the best place to sleep and voila I got a nice tip for a little - kinda hidden beach close to the harbour where Zuri and I spend the first night waiting for the first ferry ⛴ on the next morning. 😎🐕🚴❤️⛴️
#burleydesign #ambassador @burleydesign ...

Many, many thanks to all the birthdays wishes for Zuri! 🐕😘
And a very special thank to @kleinlorrie91 , who spontaneously sent some home made birthday dog biscuits. Zuris is loving them! 😍❤️🐕😘 ...

Zuri and I wish you all a Merry Christmas! Zuri and I are back in Germany now (we spent most of 2021 working in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England). Hopefully you can spend Christmas together with your loved ones and celebrate these days together. 🎄❤️
It was not the easiest year for most of us, however, in times like these it is even more important to be the change you want to see in the world!
I wish you all a joyful and inspiring year 2022. Zuri and I are already thinking on where to travel next. 😁🚴🐕 ...

Day 2 began with another ferry crossing to Santander. Of course this ferry had stairs as well but also some very helpful locals, who helped me carrying everything down 😍🚴⛴️
In Santander we went to the cathedral. I was in search for the Camino de Santiago pilgrim pass. In order to get the certificate in Santiago de Compostela, you need to get 2 stamps in your passport per day from different institutions along the way. It was not easy to find the pass because in the modern age everybody is just ordering it beforehand online. But since I never plan anything, I didn't now that. But the priest in the cathedral had one for me and now we also started officially the Camino del Norte to #santiago. 🚴🐕😃We landscape itself was pretty boring all day. Mostly ugly suburbs and not much nature. The highlight was the little town Santillana del Mar. It is super beautiful but funnily the locals call it the town of the 3 lies. Because translated the names means holy flat town at the sea, and nothing of it is true. 😬 But its very one of the most beautiful villages in Spain and very popular with tourists. Later the day I met Kat, a French girl walking the Camino. She was helping me going down some more stairs on the way. We met each other 3 times that day (I had a flat tyre in between which took some time to repair. My first time all by myself 💪 and so we decided to spend the night together on the beach. It was super lovely! 🏖️
#burleydesign #ambassador @burleydesign ...

I reached #cop26, the World Climate Conference and it is different from what I expected. We're in the #greenzone, which is open to public (the blue zone is where all the politicians are) and what you see is mostly big British companies and a couple of smaller charities. It is very British and I miss seeing international organisations. The food is white, cheap unhealthy bread with mostly meat (especially beef) and fish but nothing organic at all. But yeah, they have 3 vegan options. Or cake but not vegan. Cutlery is all plastic and when I asked a member of staff where I can throw away my waste (plastic, some paper etc), he took it off me and put everything in the normal bin, right next to the 5 recycling containers, which he didn't bother using. I heard they aimed for sourcing all the food from Scotland for this event. Probably not the most climate friendly option in November... So once more it seems that we're spending millions on a huge event, where we talk climate action but the immediate action is "more of the same old unconscious behaviour". We ourselves played our carbon footprint game with many people and they really enjoy it. Many facts are quite surprising. Even Prince William played the game with us and was surprised that tomatoes bought in March have a 32 times higher carbon footprint than bananas... 😉

#COP26Glasgow #COP26Action #climatechange #gamesforchange #climatelearning #criticalthinking #sustainabilty #carbonfootprint #klimakonferenz #utopia ...

It got really quiet around me and many have been asking what I've been up to. After coming back from my cycling trip in Wales, I started working for @thebananasgame, and amazing start up, that makes games for change. I've been really, really busy (didn't get much beauty sleep the last months) designing all the content and building the website before we're heading to COP26, the world climate conference in Glasgow this week. Anybody up for meeting up there? We made enormous progress and developed a really cool small Carbon Footprint Game, redesigned the impressive #Howbadarebananas BIG Carbon Footprint Game and we're also building a really fun and engaging digital Carbon Footprint Game right now. I like to invite everybody to help us and test the first beta version of it with us. We want to create the most helpful and fun game possible! Your opinion matters greatly to us! No matter where you are in the world. You can sign up for it here : https://bananasgame.co.uk/digitalgame/
I'll put the link in my bio too for easier access.

Thank you all! ❤️

#cop26 #climatechange #gamesforchange #sustainabilty #carbonfootprint #climatelearning #criticalthinking ...

So far it has been a great summer and Zuri and I got featured in several German magazines like Bild der frau, outdooractive, Bella, TV Digital and the English newspaper Leicester mercury. 😍🐕🚴 I hope that this helped many people to start living their dreams too and to see that everything is possible if you just start going in the direction you want! 😊✨❤️ ...

I took these many years ago on the airport in London and I still love to look at them.(👉Swipe to the right for more). For me it's still so true! It reminds me, that everybody has a different perspective on life. Especially people in other countries can have a totally different opinion than you have. That's what travel is about.. Broaden your views and regognizing the otherness of the other🌏👌 ...

Nochmal ein kleiner Reminder. 😊🐶 Die beiden Kalender dieses Jahr mit Bildern von Zuri gibt es auch ohne Zitate, wer lieber die Bilder an sich sprechen lassen möchte.😍 Es gibt ewige Kalender oder Kalender für 2023
Wer die Kalender noch bis Weihnachten möchte, hat Zeit bis Sonntag zu bestellen. 😊 Unter www.earththebeauty.de oder folge dem Link in der bio.❤️

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A small reminder: The two calendars this year with pictures of Zuri are also available without quotes for those who prefer to let the pictures speak for themselves.
Those who want the calendars until Christmas have time until Sunday to order. 😊 Go to www.earththebeauty.de or follow the link in the bio.❤️ ...

Für ein letztes Mal gibt es einen Kalender bzw 2 Kalender von mir. Da Zuri so viele von euch berührt und inspiriert hat, habe ich mir überlegt den Geist von Zuri in diesen Kalendern weiterleben zu lassen. Jeder Monat erinnert uns mit einem Spruch das beste aus unserem Leben zu machen ❤️🐶 Ein Kalender hat nagelneue Bilder von ihr und der zweite welche, die ich schon in alten Kalendern genutzt habe, die aber einfach zu schön sind, um sie nicht in einen Zuri Kalender zu verwandeln. Es gibt die Kalender jeweils für 2023 und als ewigen Kalender. Es gibt die Formate DinA4, DinA3 und DinA2. Da ich dieses Mal direkt von der Druckerei verschicke, bekommt ihr ihn noch vor Weihnachten, wenn ihr in den nächsten 6 Tagen bestellt. Wer nicht in Deutschland wohnt und einen Kalender möchte, schreibt mir bitte eine PM und ich schaue, ob ich eine lokale Druckerei bei euch finden kann. ☺️
Lasst den Geist von Zuri in uns allen weiterleben ❤️🌠

Bestellung unter www.earththebeauty.de oder folge den Link in der Bio ...

The last video I shot with Zuri is out. In July I tested the new #croozerdog trailers Croozer dog Enna and Croozer Dog Mikke.😃🐶 I got help from Sally (Zuris Mum)🐶 and Saya (Zuris sister)🐕while Zuri was chilling on the side. 😍 The new #Croozer dog are full of improvements. The most exiting one is the new air suspension👌 I'll also show accessories and I put Saya and Sally into the trailers to show you the sizes of them. 😊

Here is the link to the video, you can also click on my Profil link😊👆
https://youtu.be/GMCY5SXZhjY

@croozer_official @supersparrow ...

The time has come and Zuri was put to sleep on October 10th.😢
it would be to long to write everything I would want to say now, so I decided to make a video telling you about her not so ordinary life and the last months, how she lived with the cancer for over 7 years and what I learned through her ❤️🐕
The audio is in German with English subtitles available.
I put the link in my bio as well
https://youtu.be/qZDgMOThnXk ...

It's time for another update.
I've been through quite some intense weeks...
Zuri looked super ill in July and August. My sister even thought she was dying multiple times.
She stopped eating by herself and I had to feed her with a syringe. It was painful for me and Zuri, and most often I only managed to get 500gr of food into her per day.
She got a lot of painkillers too, which made her sleepy all day.
At one point she started to refuse the pills and surprisingly it went up after that. She was more awake and it felt like she started to participate in life again. At one point she had an open wound in her foot and we needed to go to the vet. The vet in the clinic said that it is time to put a dog to sleep if he/she doesn't want to eat by herself anymore.
And I am not lying this was the day when Zuri started eating by herself again (after 3 weeks feeding her). This is 4 weeks ago now and she is eating like never before. At least 1200gr of food every day. She is eating everything now, cat food, dog food and also her most favourite human foods of course like butter, pizza, ice cream, potatoes and pasta. 2 weeks earlier she didn't even want to eat human sausages any more... crazy dog..
The tumour is constantly growing and she doesn't have much space left in her mouth.
One day I thought the time had come to let her go. I went to the vet and he gave me some cortison pills to extend her life a bit more and once more it worked and she started to become fitter again. It is now 4 weeks ago that the vet said she probably has only days left but she still seems to want to stay here. She is eating for 3, sleeping normally, wanting to be cuddled, following everyone and barking when stranger with dogs pass. I would say she seems to be stable and we probably still have some more weeks together but I also don't want to be to hopeful because I know how fast the coin can turn. I am very thankful for everyday we still have together. I honestly was sure she wouldn't make it through August...
The pictures are from a day tour we did together in July. It was super hot in my apartment and I was cycling with her all day to get some fresh air for her. The last picture is from today❤️🐶😊 ...

First of all I wanted to thank you! I got 40 invitations to stay in Germany and Austria for our last big adventure. I was already preparing everything when Zuri stopped eating food by herself. It took quite a while and trying out different things from drinking food, to baby food to smushing different wet foods and putting butter on it to find a solution that works. I have to use a 💉now to put a special wet mouse for dogs in her mouth directly. With all this I wasn't sure if she would still enjoy cycling and I decided to first try out some day trips and see how she feels about it. I was super happy that I got the new #croozerdog from @croozer because it has air suspension now for a smooth riding experience and this is exactly what Zuri needs right now! We did an 80km tour up the #feldberg, with 881m the highest mountain close by. And I was soooo incredibly happy to finally see her smile again. She loved the breeze and seeing the world passing by. It almost made me cry. She hadn't smiled for quite a while now. 😍🥲 We met 2 other cyclists who told us a beautiful way down through the forest and I saw again that it's always best to ask locals for the way instead of just using #Komoot routes. At the top of the mountain my water bottle was empty and I asked in a kiosk/little shop if they can fill it up with tap water. I had to pay 50 cents for it.🤨 It was the first time after over 11.000 km that I got charged for tap water and I cycled through quite some poor countries... I felt a bit ashamed of Germany that we are so tight so often... 😐 ...

Today I want to share an equipment tip with you I never want to miss again. Every cyclist or in that matter even every person who is out in the heat for hours enjoys some cold and fresh water. On my first cycling journey I just took standard bottles with me and oh was it hard to drink warm water when you long for something cold. You find these free ice cold springs everywhere, you drink and its just so refreshing. Then you start cycling again and the next time you drink it's just warm... 😬After the journey I searched for ways to keep drinks cold on the go and I found the @supersparrow_official bottles. I have used them on my journeys since and even in my day to day life at home and I can highly recommend them! The water stays cold all day (hot drinks even stay hot if you like it the other way around for cold days), they are super robust, no leakages, they can fall and have often🤭 and what is important for me they are even plastic free. I use the 620ml bottles because they fit in the bicycle bottle holders 🚲😃 check them out if you want some cold water on the go 😁💦
What kind of bottles do you use? ...

Today I tell you about my most favourite day of the #burleyexperience. We cycled through my most favourite landscape and it had just the right amount of adventure spirit😁:
We started the day with some filming on the main road. It is crazy that you can block the main road for good 20 min and it doesn't matter because there is not a single car coming anyways.. We cycled along the tajo river canyon after. It was just stunning! I loved the green, turquiose water. There we met another cyclist who told us we can skip 2 mountains if we use a bit of single trail. Yes, we thought😁🚲🐕, this sounds like an adventure we like and indeed it was😅. it was super rocky and super narrow and for quite some parts I needed help carrying the trailer so that it doesn't fall of the cliffs because the path was to small for it. I found this day also way more challenging than the ones before because I had to get quite some MTB skills because of the steep and rocky paths. But it was so worth it. I dived into a world, that I would have never seen on my own. Zuri loved it too. She was running all day not wanting to rest at all. 🐕🚲❤️
#rideyourway #burleyDesign #burleybiketrailer #ambassador #rideburley

📸 @sernomada_ ...

Please be mindful and think of the animals tonight. Most of them are really scared of fireworks 🎇 and it is not just dogs. It is also cows, sheep, deer and other animals. Zuri was super scared of fireworks. I always put loud music on, but she was still suffering for hours and her whole body kept shaking even after the fireworks stopped. This video is from this summer in Spain. She managed to run away twice in her life after hearing fireworks. The first time she spend 10 hours in the forest in - 12 degrees before coming back. ...

The time has come to tell you about our first week in Spain. 😁 The reason why we decided to go to Spain this year was the invitation from @burleydesign to be part of their #burleyexperience. For one week we went into Spanish Lappland together with Piter and Misha from @soulmountainadventures, Vero with her dog Nala from Italy @lifeintravel.it, Sergi from @losviajesdewalliver and Miquel and his dog Luca from @sernomada_ to explore the area. It was a true adventure. Everything was filmed professionally and you will be able to see an amazing adventure documentary coming out next week..
I hadn't heard of Spanish Lappland before and I guess you haven't either. It is an area in Spain twice the size of Belgium with a population density similar to Lapland or the Scottish Highlands, only 6,99 inhabitants/km². Some areas even only have under 1 inhabitants/km². And more and more people are leaving every year. It is super difficult for the remaining people there because the whole infrastructure goes missing as well. A doctor comes by once a week and you can only hope that you can wait for him or you have somebody to drive you to a further away city. On the other hand the good thing is that it leaves a lot of space for nature and I was amazed by the variety I saw and nothing that I expected from Spain before coming. I will tell you more about the trip and the area tomorrow. I took a lot of videos of this week too and you have the opportunity to get a real behind the scenes insight of how a great documentary is made 😁 ...

We are true pilgrim's now! 🥳🥳🥳 We made it to #santiagodecompostela. The last 20km were crazy. I saw more people than in the last 4 weeks all together. It felt like being on a pilgrim's highway... Hundreds of people... Before coming to the plaza with the cathedral I had to go down steps. Many steps. I took the bike and it seemed to work to just go down with the whole thing. But on the final step the bike twisted and fell on me. I was hanging there, hoping for help that somebody would grab the bike. One women came and grawled under me to get the mirror I lost. Which made it even harder because now I was trying to hold the bike even more and to not let the bike fall on her head. At one point I managed to get the bike back up. But I still have a mark on my back where I hold the bike with. Being at the cathedral felt great. This trip truly was a journey! With many obstacles. We took some detours and so our camino was around 700 km long and we did almost 1000 km all together in Spain. Of course dogs cannot get a pilgrim's certificate but I will make Zuri one when I get home 😁🐕 before leaving Santiago I tried once more to give Zuri some food. She hadn't eaten dinner nor breakfast. She finally ate something when an official man came to tell me that dogs are not allowed to eat there on the stones. Only in parks. Because they make the stones dirty and I need to stop her. It was super angry! She has so much trouble eating because there is not much time in the day when her pills work but so many Spanish people don't have a heart for dogs... 😡 I put the food away and sadly she didn't touch it again later that day and I had to through it away the next day...
So that was our story from the #caminodelnorte. I took some incredible videos and caught many nice situations on camera. So you can look forward to some really cool YouTube videos soon! Slowly we're heading back to Germany now. In a couple of days I have a surprise for you and the story of what we did the first week here in Spain. 😁👌❤️🚲🐶
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Today was a rather peaceful day. I had such a surprise to wake up in the forest after the heavy thunderstorm in the night to glorious and beautiful sunshine! And the sun stayed with us most of the day🥳🚲🐶😍 we cycled through some beautiful nature, took some rest by a lake and ended up in a campsite just 20 km before Santiago. In #arzua 45 km before Santiago the Caminos come together and the whole vibe changed. From being very empty and rural it looked way more touristic. A restaurant every 2-3 km (before there was nothing for as much as 35 km sometimes). In 2 places people stood up and cheered at us when we were passing by. A strange but beautiful feeling. As if they knew what we've been through to come to this place.
The campsite experience was also a bid odd. When I came they told me they have no space left. I was surprised since it is still out of season. I asked if I could charge my battery and shower to then go and sleep at some meadow close by. And then they asked me if I have my own tent with me. I said "of course" and then they replied, that it wouldn't be a problem then. That they have plenty of spaces left for tents... But Zuri was still "a big problem" ... 🙄 Like always in Spain 😡 he said that I need to leave the place if she starts barking. I told him this wouldn't happen. She would just sleep (what she did). So everything was fine and I had a good rest before our final day of our #caminodelnorte tour🚲🐶😊
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What a surprise! I woke up at 7 a.m. It was super foggy and I started to put away my sleeping bag and mattress (I usually sleep without a tent) when @alexis_gyselinx came by and he immediately offered help to fix my flat back tyre. He is a world traveler going the Camino right now. Lucky me😍🚴🥳 I hadn't even brushed my teeth. After, we said good bye and he started walking. I took my time and went to the next town to drink a coffee and charge my battery. Soon Alexis came too and he took a rest too and we had some nice conversations until he headed off again (and I did see him a 3. Time on the road later that day 😍👌). Today most of the roads were quite easy and super beautiful but mostly going up though! But of course no day without an adventure 😅and around 9.30pm in the evening it was time.. And I came to part that was incredibly steep and rocky. I made it up the first rocks and steps. By now I was used to a very powerful @kalkhoffbikes and I thought "well I just let the bike push everything up this very steep (40% at least) and narrow path." Well it worked until the trailer got stock and I had to go back very carefully all the way down to the middle bit again. It was super slippery and I thought a couple of times that this is quite a dangerous manoeuvre I am trying right now. Back down I had to decouple the bike from the trailer, push the bike up the hill. Go down again. Empty the trailer (too heavy on its own) and push it all the way up too and get all my things after... Nothing you like to do when it's getting dark. 😬 The forest after was magical and I even saw a deer😍 I found a good place to sleep in the forest and thought to myself, maybe I should put up a tent so that Zuri is not wandering around in the night again as she did last time in Hungary, when I woke up at 2am and was scared hearing all these animal noises on my own. So when I was finished - out of nothing a super heavy thunderstorm appeared and it rained cats and dogs. Zuri was super scared and I was happy to be in a tent with her to give her a bit of a little save space. She sadly skipped dinner again but was able to sleep after a while. 🐶
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I wish I could tell you it was an amazing day but once more it was full of adventurous moments. First of all.. The sun came out. Finally! ☀🥳
We started cycling next to some beautiful beaches. To make my dinner more tasty I took the @bitterliebe powder with me. A wrong move from my side and the whole box emptied itself and Zuri and the whole Trailer was covered in it 😬 so zuri got a full on bitter treatment 😅😬 it took quite a while to get it roughly clean. It also went in some of my technical equipment 😬 until now everything works fine though 👌
In #ribadeo we had to use the foot/bicycle path of a long bridge. There was metal gates, so no possibility to go to the road. It was super narrow. We just fitted. At the very end the bridge to even smaller and the trailer got STUCK! No way of turning around! Luckily a girl on a bike was behind me. We had to detached the wheels of the trailer and she carried the heavy trailer while I was pushing the bike until the end of the bridge. Unbelievable and very lucky again! Alone I would have been stuck! Then I decided to leave the pilgrim's way to make a little detour to cathedral beach. We reached it during high tide. During low tide you can go to the beach and the rocks are looking like big cathedrals. But even in high tide it looked amazing. To get back to the Camino I followed a Komoot route. Of course it led me straight into a forest, a super rocky road with at leat 30 10 km going up. Happy to have my #kalkhoff all terrain bike. Otherwise the road would have been impossible. We made it into a little village where I charged my Batterie until it got almost dark. I just wanted to get out of it to find a place to sleep. Once more a very windy main road going up. Then I regognized I had a flat tyre. The 3. One this journey to be precise. No way of fixing it, because it was already dark. I had to stop around 6 times. Every 300m to inflate the back tyre again to make it up the hill always hoping that no car comes along. I was so tired. I just wanted to sleep and deal with the problem tomorrow. So I found a meadow next to the Camino and went to sleep 😴
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Another very adventurous day endet. At the start of the day we went to #playadesilencio. Another tip from a local. It was cloudly but still stunning. The whole day we went through gravel roads that are even hard to walk at. The highlight was crossing a train track. I had to detach the trailer because I was afraid of getting stuck in between the rails while a train was coming... 😬🚉🐶🚲
in the afternoon we finally reached a little town called #lluarca. I found one restaurant and was happy to finally get my morning coffee. But they said since this is a restaurant I need to eat something. Drinking alone is not enough. But they didn't have anything vegetarian on the menu. So at the end I had to order some raw lettuce, tomatoes and raw onions with some salt, oil and vinegar for 6 € to be able to get my coffee and to charge the battery. Not the most vegetarian friendly country 😬
At the end of the day I decided to go to a campsite. At first they wanted me to charge me 6 euros to be able to charge my bike battery. I negotiates them down to 3 € at least. The real costs are around 20 cents... But there I had a nice surprise. First a Spanish guy saw that I had problems getting my bike battery to charge. Without asking he went to the reception and got a new cable for me which worked perfectly. And two girls heared me speaking German to camera and they came straight to me and invited me to a nice wine evening. We had some great conversations and it was the perfect ending of a rather exhausting day... 🍷🚴
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It stayed dry but cloudy almost all day with temperatures around 20 degrees. We cycled further the #caminodelnorte and crossed some quite cute towns. What I find super here in Spain is that almost everywhere you can find these free water drinking fill up stations. The water is ice cold and with the right insulated bottle (mine is from #supersparrow) it will stay fresh and cold all day. 😍👌
Regarding Zuri I found out that it takes at least 2-3 hours until her pain medications work and she is willing to eat, so she is always brunching now. But I am happy for everything she eats. Its often quite hard to get enough calories into her 😔

The Camino del norde is super hilly and quite rocky. Don't try it without a MTB! So instead of 100km we only manage around 50 per day right now. In the evening I went into a restaurant to charge as always. I felt like being in Scotland all over again. It was cold, raining and Zuri and I had to stay outside again. No dogs allowed inside. 🐶🙄 After charging for 2 hours I realised that there was a herberge, that allowed dogs (most don't) in the same village for only 8 € the night. It was an abandoned building but it had everything I needed. A bed and a hot shower. 🚿😍 She room was equipped with 40 beds but luckily only 8 people where there. I am not sure how well you sleep if the room is fully booked... 😬 So that's clearly the advantage of traveling outside of the main season.😁👌 Zuri befriended everyone as always and it was super cute because the next morning she went to everyones bed and said good morning to every single one of them 😍🐶
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The weather turned and it got really windy and cold. There is a heat wave in Spain right now with 44 degrees but in the North it was rainy and 16 degrees. Not the most pleasant weather to cycle in. By now I had more rainy days in Spain than in Wales 😬😲
We cycled along the coast until we got to #gijon. There I found a vegan restaurant and had a very delicious Buddha bowl. It even allowed dogs inside 💪🐕I was also surprised about the cycling lanes they have in the city. Separated from pedestrians and cars and they are everywhere. Often roads are only one way and the other half got changed into a cycle lane. Super nice ride experience! We also visited the Sidra (cider) statue. THE drink of the region. So many people wanted pictures with us in the city that I almost felt like a C promy 😅😅 But... At the end of the day I regognized that my gopro was gone. I had it on the back of my trailer. From the footage I from Zuris cam it looks like it came of in the city. So I wonder if it broke of by itself or if it got broken off by somebody 😔
I turned away from the Camino to follow further along the coast. It heared that it is super beautiful. Well I didn't really find the super close to the beaches road and so I only cycled through suburban areas and industrial sites. It felt quite scary and rough at times. I went all the way to the northwest point of #asturias. A lighthouse. One of the view which is still handled by a human and not automated. There I got lucky and unlucky at the same time. I decided to sleep next to an abandoned or at least closed restaurant. There I found a working electricity plug and was able to charge my Batterie over the night. I only put out my sleeping bag, always thinking of the best. But well... The weather surprised us and we had a big thunderstorm for hours... I do have a bivi bag so I stayed dry but my mattress and undercover where soaked and Zuri was so scared of the many thunders that I had to put her into my sleeping bag and hold her into my arms. So it was quite a sleepless and wet night... But yeah, the view with the cliffs were amazing! 😍
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We're back on the #caminodelnorte. The day started out super nice. It was sunny and warm and we were cycling along the coast. At one point the day became super challenging. First the road became super narrow and with lots of rocks and spikey plants going up. Not possible to cycle. I had to push the whole way. At the end of the hill I came to an iron door. It was to small for my bike and trailer to pass through. So the only option I had, was to completly put the gate out of the soil, go through and put it back. I had to do this twice 😬 then another section came with rocky stairs going up. My trailer got stuck and my bike and bags fell down. Luckily exactly on this moment two dog walkers came by and helped me carry everything up the stairs. But my solar panel holding thing broke (I already have the second one this journey 😔) and also two more adapters for holding my cameras broke too and since all good things are 3.. My Action camera was slipping out of one holder during me going down another rocky road. I tried to push it back and as soon as I left one of the breaks my bike slipped and I fell down 😬 I got just a scratch. But it was clearly not my day. Zuris neither. She didn't even want to eat dinner.😔 I just put the bike next to the ocean on a path and hoped for a better day to come... 🌞
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I got the tip to use a certain road back to the coast because it would have a beautiful view to the highest peaks of the nationalpark #picosdeeuropa. Well I got the tip when I was on a bike but the road looked suitable on the map and so I told my sister we could drive that way with the campervan too to bring me back to the coast so that I can continue cycling. Well...we did it. But it was scary. Super narrow, windy roads going up for a very long time. We very lucky and only one car came in the whole time we were driving. It was a beautiful road though and the view from the top was amazing! Snowy peaks in June in Spain 😁👌after we went to the beach #Torimbia. It was highlighted as one of the 10 most beautiful beaches in the world. Once more super narrow roads. This time we walked and we did see another camper van getting stuck and ripping away an edge from the top part 😔 the sunset was beautiful but I am not sure if I would call it one of the most beautiful beaches. Already here I have seen so many amazing and stunning beaches! I think this title is super hard to decide on in northern Spain alone. ...

We went to Lake #covadonga in the #picosdeeuropa. I would love to just tell you how amazing it is up there. But this day upset me quite a bit. I already found out that Spain is NOT dog friendly. Dog are not allowed in almost all restaurants, beaches, trams, subways etc. Lake Covadonga is up in the mountains. 14 km windy roads. Because of overtourism it is only possible to go there by public tourist bus. Zuri was not allowed in the bus and she had to go into a cage inside the luggage area on the bottom of the big tourbusses. She didn't mind the way up. But on the way back down she was scared to go back inside again and I had really troubles getting her into that cage and then I saw why. The cages where not really stable. They were quite loose and where moving around in the dark during the drive, probably even dodging on the edges. The bus had to do some major breaks because the road is too small for 2 busses to pass. I couldn't enjoy the ride because my heart was with Zuri all the time the way down thinking of how scared she must be.. I was really angry how they can do this do animals. If a human wouldn't enjoy it, an animal wouldn't either... I don't like this 2 class thinking! 😡 ...

If you are a lover of mountains like I am - get ready 😍🇪🇸 last week my sister flew into #València and took over the campervan to follow our route. It is easier in Zuris state to have somebody around who can help out. Having a car brings a clear advantage.. Going up the mountain effortless... 😎My sister picked me up at Piters place and we drove to the Nationalpark Picos de Europa. OMG this is beauty in raw form! It's around 1 h drive (40km) from the coast. They have mountains over 2000m high and the road there alone is breath taking . We went to a little mountain village called #bulnes and did some minor hikes up there and after I had the idea to just drive to a lookout at 1300m already with an empty tank blinking red. In my mind I was already needing to cycle a 1000m down (and up again) to get some gasoline... 😬🚴😅 But we made it all the way up and down again. We saw some free horse and cow groups. It was so calm and felt like a completly different world up there. Afterwards we went to the camping in Las Arenas. My favourite campsite in Spain so far - mountain views, modern sanitaries, good WiFi, super friendly staff, lots of space and in walking distance to the town, which is super cute too! Tomorrow I will show you some views that will take your breath away even further! #asturias go! ❤️ ...