Day 29 - Back to the High Chapparal

Sunday 4 August 2019

Back to the High Chapparal in Heiderscheidergrund for our penultimate night. I thought Sunday night would be quiet after the weekend but far from it, the place is heaving.

Our route was part motorway and part Bundesstraße, finished off with a lovely ride through the rolling hills of Luxembourg.

Mick gets stuck in to the ribs at High Chapparal

We camped next to a lovely couple and their young daughter who were riding a pair of old bikes.
Maarten and Nina live in Venlo, but he hails from Düsseldorf and she is from Denmark.

Maarten on his old Beemer

Maarten’s bike is a 1965 BMW R50/2, a two cylinder 500cc that manages 26bhp and is fitted with a Stein S350 sidecar built in 1951. It also has a rear one-wheel trailer.

Mick tries Maarten’s beemer for size

Nina has a1943 Danish Nimbus C Sport. It’s a four cylinder 750cc engine and open valves. Output is 22bhp

We give Maarten one of the blog stickers and he promised to drop a comment on the blog so we can keep in touch.

Come on Maarten, get in touch!
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  1. Maarten5 January 2020 at 07:52

    Hello Dave and Mike .
    First off all happy new year.
    Greetz Maarten

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    1. Maarten5 January 2020 at 08:03

      Finally your blog is ready .
      It was Always in progress.
      We had some nice trips in Luxemburg.
      Specially to water power plant.
      The bikes performd well even in that heat.
      We had to take some steep hills [14%] but the bikes were giong good .
      Now i am working on the bikes to do some maintenance.
      they have to work well this year because we are planning a trip to Scandanavia.
      Dave ,we talked about a trip around memory lane of the British Army in Germany.
      What about that?
      greetz also from Nina
      Speak to you soon

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    2. Maarten5 January 2020 at 08:10

      We can go to the former RAF airbase of Laarbruch,Bruggen and Wildenrath.
      Or to Fliegerhost Venlo.
      Its all in my neighborhood

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  2. Maarten5 January 2020 at 08:11

    Oh I was born in the Netherlands and i lived all my live there

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