The photos from February I liked the most

The photos from January I liked most

Quite chuffed

… and the year isn’t quite over yet …

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Just so I remember:

Fry onions and apples in, preferably, goose fat. Add Preiselbeeren (Lingonberries). Add red cabbage. Season with salt, pepper, all spice, cloves, cinnamon. Add vinegar and red wine.

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Schloss Eicherhof

Crossed the Rhine with the ferry at Langel and then up to Leichlingen in the Bergischen Land. Couldn’t get close to the Schloss, closed due to covid.

After lunch in the sun we went back the way we came.

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Updated www.zahr.koeln/2020/12/2…

Location: Leichlingen (Rheinland) (Schloss Eicherhof)
Height: 59,8
Coordinates: 51,11 - 7,01

If Brexit has done one thing it has cured me of Anglophilia.

There is now no chance of me going back to visit the UK. Perhaps, eventually, maybe, I’ll visit an independent Scotland. But otherwise, as my child no 2 would say, hard no.

#sourdough

• 40 km cycling trip with my wife, got home just before the rain
• made 21 Rouladen with the daughter for Christmas
• sourdough in the fridge ready for baking tomorrow

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On our hunt for nice cycling tours we found a list on rheinland.info listing all the Schlösser ¹in the Rhineland ², there is even an IOS App, which shows the distance ³ from your current position.

As our e-bikes have increased our reach, the list of Schlösser provides easy inspiration.

Completed Tours 2020

• Schloss Frens, Quadrath-Ichendorf, 14 km
• Schloss Morsbroich, Leverkusen, 15 km
• Schloss Benrath, Düsseldorf, previously visited, 15 km
• Schloss Paffendorf, Bergheim, 16 km
• Schloss Loersfeld, Kerpen, 17 km
• Schloss Bedburg, Bedburg, 17 km
• Schloss Eicherhof, Leichlingen (Rheinland), 17 km

Completed Tours 2021

• Schloss Hülchrath, Hülchrath, 16 km
• Altes Schloss, Grevenbroich, 18 km
• Schloss Türnich, Türnich, previously visited, 19 km

Completed Tours 2022

• Schloss Laach, Monheim/Rhein, 10 km

Still to come

• Schloss Gymnich, Gymnich, previously visited, 21 km
• Schloss Strauweiler, Odenthal, 21 km
• Burg Bergerhausen, Bergerhausen, 22 km
• Schloss Augustusburg, Brühl, previously visited, 23 km
• Schloss Dyck, Jüchen, previously visited, 23 km
• Hotel Dycker Weinhaus, Jüchen, 23 km
• Hofgarten, Düsseldorf, previously visited, 23 km
• Schloss Jägerhof, Düsseldorf, 23 km
• Schloss Laach, Düsseldorf-Pempelfort, 24 km
• Schloss Gracht, Liblar, 24 km
• Schloss Falkenlust, Brühl, previously visited, 24 km
• Bezirksregierung, Düsseldorf, 24 km
• Schloss Bensberg, Bensberg, previously visited, 25 km
• Schloss Liedberg, Liedberg, 25 km
• Schloss Buschfeld, Bliesheim, 25 km
• Schloss Wahn, Wahn, 26 km
• Schloss Eulenbroich, Rösrath, 29 km
• Schloss Rösberg, Rösberg, 29 km
• Schloss Bornheim, Bornheim, 31 km
• Schloss Rankenberg, Dersdorf, 31 km
• Schloss Georgshausen, Hommerich, 32 km
• Schloss Auel, Wahlscheid, 34 km
• Schloss Alfter, Alfter, 34 km
• Schloss Ehreshoven, Engelskirchen, previously visited, 37 km
• Schloss Hardenberg, Velbert, 38 km
• Bonner Schloss, Bonn, previously visited, 38 km
• Schloss Heiligenhoven, Heiligenhoven, 38 km
• Schloss Poppelsdorf, Poppelsdorf, 38 km
• Poppelsdorfer Schloss, Bonn, 38 km
• Schloss Hückeswagen, Hückeswagen, 39 km
• Schloss Miel, Miel, 40 km
• Kommende Ramersdorf, Beuel, 41 km
• Wasserschloss Müttinghoven, Müttinghoven, 42 km
• Schloss Gimborn, Gimborn, 46 km
• Schloss Drachenburg, Königswinter, previously visited, 48 km
• Stiftung Naturschutzgeschichte, Königswinter, 48 km
• Schloss Merten, Merten, 50 km
• Schloss Homburg, Nümbrecht, previously visited, 52 km
• Burg Blankenheim, Blankenheim, previously visited, 66 km
• Wasserschloss Crottorf, Friesenhagen, 69 km
• Der Kappelenweg, Wissen, 70 km

I guess this will keep us busy. Also there are castles, abbeys, stately homes, mills, …

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