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Thanks slow road , do you have accommodation list you stayed at , I like the sound of the castles !

Thanks for the advice , yes I've been to Düsseldorf before and although nice I'm only going back for the mayhem of the Tdf, the train from Düsseldorf is booked so we'll see where I end up prior , if the boy don't want to rush it or he hasn't got the legs I'll just take it easy and get there for the ...

Thanks , we are both looking forward to it and hopefully it will ignite some adventure into what is becoming a constant shrugging of the shoulders 13 yr old. Ideally I would like to do it longer but it's been a bit last minute (I got the idea off another recent post on here) the hotels in cologne do...

Well after much advice from this forum me and my son are booked up ( to a point) . We are getting the ferry from North Shields to Amsterdam, train to Mainz then cycling up the Rhine to Düsseldorf, train from Düsseldorf to Amsterdam then home again. The plan is to get to Mainz on the 28th June spend ...

It's all booked now thanks, DB office was great and tickets arrived next day !!

Thanks all , I'll give DB office a call
Tomorrow

Hi I'm trying to book train tickets with bikes from Amsterdam to Mainz however it DB Bahn will not allow me to buy tickets with bikes included saying I need to ring the office or just proceed without booking the bikes on. Does anybody know if I am able to purchase bike tickets at the station but I'm...

we cannot get a campsite in Dusseldorf or a hotel that doesn't cost the earth so we are still planning. He now wants to cycle to Berlin and sod the TDF off ha. If we cannot get accommodation in Dusseldorf we may have a change of plan for the destination. He's not that bothered about the TDF and just...

Thanks its not too far to Rotterdam I see then pick up the Eurovelo route, which campsite have you gone for in Dusseldorf. We are just at the planning stage now as still have to speak to school but he reckons it can go down as PE ha

Hi I'm planning doing this route with my son (13)for the Tdf. We are looking at cycling to Düsseldorf from Amsterdam over 3-4 days then train back to Amsterdam then ferry back home. So far I've only googled mapped it and it's around 140 miles. He could manage about 50 miles per day as long as there'...