#biking

mkwadee@diasp.eu

The recent stormy weather has caused many #trees to shed large twigs and even whole branches onto the ground and in particular paths. Today a large twig, about 15 cm long and 1 cm in diameter wedged into the #spokes of the rear#wheel of my #bicycle, causing it to jam completely. Luckily, I wasn't going too fast and so was able to stop safely but it caught the #mudguard and bent it double. Though I managed to untangle it, I may have to replace it. Ho hum.

#Bike #Cycling #Biking #Cycle

mkwadee@diasp.eu

Last week, I took my old #bicycle to a #cycling charity shop that refurbishes old #bikes and then sells them at a low price to anyone who can't afford a brand new one. To me that's a much better way of giving it a new lease of life than to take it to a recycling centre where anyone who picks it up will have to spend more money repairing and replacing worn out parts to make it road worthy again. They also train volunteers to become bike mechanics.

#Cycling #Biking #Cycle

lmsvater@friendica.a-zwenkau.de

#Donareiche und Mauerreste der #Johanniskirche der #Wüstung #Hayn auf dem #Johanniskirchenkopf.

In der Mitte die (neue) Donareiche:

Der Johanniskirchenkopf, 332.2 m ü. NHN, #GradientZero:

#myphoto, #DieKircheImDorfLassen No. 10

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johanneskirchenkopf

Wieso ich heute, an der #Eder unterwegs, an der vor etwa 600 Jahren wüst gefallenen Siedlung Hayn (abandoned/deserted village Hayn) auf dem #Johanneskirchenkopf, wo vielleicht auch die vor genau 1300 Jahren von #Bonifatius gefällte #Donareiche stand, vorbeigekommen bin, ist mir ein Rätsel.

#Foto, #photo, #Baum, #tree, #Natur, #nature, #Geschichte, #history, #Radtour, #biking, #ViaAdrana, #Edertal, #Fritzlar, #Geismar, #Wellen, #Züschen, #Nordhessen, #Hessen

mkwadee@diasp.eu

It has been #windy all day with a strong north-westerly #wind gusting here to 80 km/h. On my usual #cycling circuit, there is about a 3 km stretch which is basically north-south and today I was travelling north on it. It was quite tough with me in the toughest parts travelling maybe 3 to 4 gears lower than usual and in parts feeling like I'd basically halted. On plus side, it was good exercise and of course in other parts the wind was behind me, making things very easy.

Another positive of the #weather is that half of the country's electricity has been being generated by wind power all day.

#Bike #Biking #Cycle #Bicycle

lmsvater@friendica.a-zwenkau.de

Carin Grudda - » Blau Miau « - Bronzeskulptur (2005), 375 x 440 x 190 cm


#myphoto, #KunstAmWegesrand No. 13, #CarinGrudda, #Gudensberg, #TourDeChattengau

Der Widerspruch zwischen Freiheitsliebe einerseits und der Geborgenheit andererseits - die Katze. Zum Monumentalen gesteigert, wird hier der Mensch zur Maus.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carin_Grudda

#caturday, #Foto, #photo, #Kunst, #art, #Skulptur, #sculpture, #Bronzeskulptur, #BronzeSculpture, #Radtour, #biking, #Chattengau, #Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, #Nordhessen, #Hessen, #fedibikes, @fedibikes_de group, @fedibikes group

lmsvater@friendica.a-zwenkau.de

9.0 Die evangelische Kirche in Gudensberg-Deute


#myphoto, #DieKircheImDorfLassen No. 9.0, #TourDeChattengau, #Chattengau

Der Kirchturm wurde im 11. und 12. Jahrhundert erbaut, das Kirchenschiff von 1827 bis 1829 neu errichtet.

#Deute, #Gudensberg, #Foto, #photo, #Kirche, #Church, #Église, #Церковь, #Chiesa, #Iglesia, #Kerk, #教會, #教会, #チャーチ, #教堂, #Geschichte, #History, #Mittelalter, #MiddleAges, #Radtour, #biking, #Nordhessen, #Hessen