{"id":4760,"date":"2025-05-05T20:31:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T20:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bendingtherules.co.uk\/home\/?page_id=4760"},"modified":"2025-05-05T20:31:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T20:31:44","slug":"tandemtreffen-2018","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bendingtherules.co.uk\/home\/tandemtreffen-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"TandemTreffen 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bensheim, Germany, May\/June 2018<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Tandeming friends of ours had attended TT2017 and thoroughly enjoyed it, writing an article for theTandem Club Journal we produce. It caught our interest and we put our names down for the 2018 meet. It\u2019s usually by invite, so we were pleased to be accepted. The meet took place in Bensheim, where the organisers had pre-booked a large number of rooms in a suitable hotel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We caught an early morning ferry from Dover, stopping overnight near Li\u00e8ge, Belgium then arrived at Bensheim the next afternoon. We were welcomed on the terrace of the hotel, meeting up with friends old and new. In the evening we had a formal welcome and talk at which the plans and rides for the weekend were covered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Breakfast and evening meals were taken together in the large restaurant area \u2013 it was a multi-lingual affair with the majority of guests being from Germany and a smattering from the UK, the Netherlands and France. In the evenings after dinner, we enjoyed short presentations on various topics, which included a very impromptu slide show from me about our Land\u2019s End to John O\u2019 Groats ride in the summer of 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rides were a mix of road, cycle path \u2013 and there\u2019s a lot of excellent cycle infrastructure in Germany \u2013 and some mild \u2018off-road\u2019 forest tracks. The weather was mixed, as is often the case in late May\/early June, so we had one damp day, but it really didn\u2019t spoil things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ride destinations included Darmstadt, Worms and Heidelberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Perfect weather for the channel crossing \u2013 approaching Calais.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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B&B ‘continental’ breakfast.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Brits corner at the evening dinner table.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Stayed overnight in a B&B near Li\u00e8ge and went out for dinner.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The meet and greet at TT2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Getting the Pino ready for the first ride.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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TT2018 group photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Desperate Dan and Mini the Minx.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Crossing the Rhine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Picture break.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Perfect cycle tracks among the fields.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Regrouping.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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In convoy into Heidelberg \u2013 16 tandems in tight formation count as one vehicle in German road law.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Group photo on Heidelberg Bridge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tecumbent e-tandem also splits into a single.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Ruth and Karl \u2013 hosts for 2020.
Covid meant TT2020 qnd 2021 were cancelled, so Ruth and Karl hosted TT2022.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Not all tandems were the latest or hi-tech!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rhine-side caf\u00e9 and Karon can check her sugar levels.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Luther Memorial in a wet Worms.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A trio of Pinos.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Caf\u00e9 stop.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Heidelberg.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Weinheim.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Weinheim.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Me giving a talk about our LEJOG.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Looking flushed after a stiff climb.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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After ride drinks before dinner.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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11 Pinos.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Messel Museum.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Brit contingent. Karon, Bob, John, Jane, Robert and Wendy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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On our way home, we stayed in Li\u00e8ge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mobile sculpture, Liege.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Another B&B breakfast.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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In the Beer Lovers Caf\u00e9, Li\u00e8ge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Beer Lovers Caf\u00e9, Li\u00e8ge, and a quick sketch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bensheim, Germany, May\/June 2018 Tandeming friends of ours had attended TT2017 and thoroughly enjoyed it, writing an article for theTandem Club Journal we produce. It caught our interest and we put our names down for the 2018 meet. It\u2019s usually by invite, so we were pleased to be accepted. The meet took place in Bensheim, … <\/p>\n

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