Another great video thanks, and you are surely not the only one who forgot something. Changed clothes on a rainy day somewhere at a closed shop in Germany to realize after 70km standing thirsty in a shop that I left my wallet on the shopping trolley 🥴. It was a long day but luckily it was still there 🙂 . Nearby camping on a farmers land and warm campfire made it al good
Thank you Jurgen! 70k's back is something like a full day of cycling for us! Happy to hear your wallet was still there. Thumbs up for campfires, a great morality booster :) Best wishes, E&M
One time I forgot my long sleeve polyester shirt from REI up in the mountains of Ojai, California. I drove 20 miles down the mountain and then another 20 miles south down the coast near Malibu, California. I don't recall how I knew it was gone, but I turned around and drove straight back to get it. When I arrived back at the campsite in the mountains, a group of people were also there. And there was one of my favorite camp shirts, right on the picnic table. A gentleman began to pick it up. I said,”thank you, that's mine.” It was a miracle no one else picked it up! I was so glad to have my favorite camp shirt back! It is the warmest shirt I've ever owned.
Hi there. Thank you for your wonderful videos, which are produced on a high level . I love to follow your travels. Indeed, I got a story to tell, too. It was 2010: we were on a long-term bike tour through Australia. I forgot my beloved cotton towel in a hotel (we took a room because it was raining heavily), which I bought a few years earlier in Thailand. Unfortunately, I didn't notice it until the next day, when we were already 100km away. I was very annoyed with myself and over the following days I kept talking about how important this piece of cotton was to me. In the end we rescheduled our tour so that I cycled back to the town and the cloth was actually still there. I was the happiest person on earth when I held it in my hands again. I still have it and I use it on all my trips ( I still travel by bicycle 5 to 8 weeks a year) and I always make sure that I don't forget it anywhere. Groetjes uit Zwitserland. Mich (I'm married with a Dutch 😉)
My boyfriend forgot a ukulele at a train station in Greece (with his passport in the front pocket :D). We got on the train with our heavy loaded bikes, the door shut and then he realized the ukulele was left on the bench! We got off at the next station so that he could take the next train back - the ukulele was intact ;). Love the shots and the music! Thank you guys, we really enjoy following your trip! ♥️🌅🚴♂️🚴🏼♀️
Oh heck yeah, I leave behind stuff all the time when I travel. Usually minor items that are easily replaced but worst one…my pillow! I am finicky about my pillows and it was my favorite one of course! I couldn’t live without it but was already on a plane home 😫
Nice video again. I'm looking forward to the next. I also forgot something during my cycling holiday that i really need. It happened in Norway when I was on my way to the North Cape. I followed the coastal route and then you regularly have to take a ferry to an next island. When I was on such a ferry I realized that I had forgotten my battery charger from my camera. This was still connected to the socket in the sanitary building at the campsite where I stayed that night. So back and forth with the ferry, back to the campsite, which was luckily close by, and then continue my route with the same ferry. All together it took me almost 3 hours but it was too important to lose. I wonder what the captain must have been thinking...
I wasn't cycling, but left my money belt under my pillow in a hotel in Isla De La Mujeres, Mexico. When I got the ferry off the island to the mainland, I paid with cash from my pocket, and the same for the bus trip when going south towards Cozumel. Suddenly, after about 15mins sitting in the bus, I realised what I'd done. The bus driver reluctantly let me get off the bus, and luckily I was not far walking distance from the airport. From the airport, I haggled with a taxi driver to take me back to the port. I had just enough left to get the ferry back to the island. Walking down the dirt track to the hotel, the maids were on the balcony waving my money belt at me and laughing. It had my passport, credit cards, travellers cheques, and cash - all present when I got it back. A very lucky escape, and wonderful honesty from the hotel workers.
Thank you for sharing your story Wayne! I can imagine the sudden distress. The adventure back to the hotel sounded like a movie ;) Happy to hear you got it back and the hotel workers were so honest. Best wishes, E&M
I love the picture of the great "Sitting Bull" from the Sioux people who are indigenous to North American that is displayed on his wall? Excellent! Good taste.
Hi there! good to see you both rollin' down them dusty trails. Digging the trail vibe there with the music. Looks deserted, have not seen cars, other vehicles? that's my idea of heaven. I know of wines from there. Georgia is the home of the oldest wines known to man - as far as we know so far, I love the picture on the wall of the Native American - Sitting Bull? My van keys got left behind in the grass of a field once - the people next to us chased us down in town at a cafe to return them - Briget & Norman from York you guys were top. I hope to return to Bala again soon.
Hi Mark! It was a wonderful piece of France and thought France was pretty quiet in general, at least the area where we cycled through. Such an interesting and beautiful place Georgia, have you ever been there? Great to hear about how Briget & Norman returned your keys :) Best wishes, E&M
Another great video! Jammer van die extra twintig kilometer. Je vroeg of er meer mensen wel eens iets vergeten waren. Wij waren jaren terug op de terugreis van onze vakantie naar Tsjechie. In Duitsland tank en plaspauze gehad en na een half uur gereden te hebben kwam de jongste dochter erachter dat haar mobiel waarschijnlijk nog bij het tankstation lag. Wij weer terug en ja hoor, hij lag gelukkig nog op de stortbak. Nu kunnen we er om lachten maar toen niet😂Ik kan me voorstellen dat je op dat moment flink baalt😁
Another wonderful video. Thanks. I haven't left behind much in my many tours. I count bike gloves, Swiss army knife, and spoons among top essentials. Unfortunately, they're all very easy to go unnoticed after a break or night camping, so I carry a backup so I never have to return when a glove or spoon is lost.
Nice video. [I forgot my helmet on a table...overlook stop. Only realized when I took a selfie and thought about it. Rode about 10km roundtrip. It was a popular tourist stop and surprised helmet was still their.
@@WheelstoWander yes for sure. That was scary just watching you guys have to deal with all the gunshots and also it is very sad what happened to the other cyclist. Stay safe. Love your channel. Pura vida
Another lovely video!! Would you consider sharing the bikepacking route you did in the video description? Would love to check it out! Thank you for all that you do!
Haha, Thanks Micheal! And that while we feel we are stumbling over our words all the time 😆 Putting words on camera is not something that comes natural. Great to hear it gets the message across in a clear way 😊 Best wishes, E&M
You mentioned forgetting items - well, years ago, bike packing in Ireland I left my bum bag in a campsite toilet. We cycled on for about 29km when I realised it was missing. No money for the well deserved ice cream! We phoned the site from a kindly tourist info office. (No mobile phones then!) The guy went to look, found it - bank cards, passports, cash all there. He disguised it in a cereal box and put it in a taxi. Well worth the €18 (ish) to get it all back!
As always, a great episode, it was nice to watch. I look forward to the next episode. And I wish you in the New Year. A great journey, great views and nice people met on the route. Happy New Year ;-)
Hi, The videos of the two of you convey excellent cycling feelings I love the way you make the videos. The mood, the feelings about the landscape and this feeling of experiencing it on the bike comes across really well. I have already ridden through this area on my bike and was very happy to experience it again. To your question. I thought for a long time if I forgot something that I got back but I couldn't think of anything even though I am often distracted. Ok, I once lost my key ring while swapping in the Mediterranean. Then I dived again and again for hours and actually found it again. Thank you so much for this great video All the best to both of you for 2022. I'm really looking forward to your videos. Bernhard
Another beautiful video. We cycled in France last year, several places but also along the mediterranean coast. We love it too. Wish you all the best in 2022.🥂 (in the glasses wine without sulfite 🙂), Henk and Lucie.
If I ever make it to France, it’s places like THIS that I want to experience! Sure Paris is the famous one but Frances nature seems so criminally underrated. Nice video again!
I once forgot to give back the key of my hotel room. In a similar situation, I talked to much with the owner of the hotel. After 50 km I found out that I still had the key in the back pocket of my cycling jersey. Luckily it was no problem, I could mail it back to the hotel, so I didn't have to turn back. Gelukkig nieuwjaar. 🥂
Happy Newyear! Once we lost our handbag with driving license, passpoart, and cash money inside in a hotel belong a singletrack road in Scotland. But...it was a dead ending road for 50 miles, so we turn at the end in front of a lighthouse and outside the car we noticed the missing bag, whoops...but in the same hotel the owner was relaxed...every car was allways passing his hotel for the second time...we were very happy there in Strontian.
HNY guys! Another great video, rural southern France is so beautiful and one of my favourite places. You must be deep into Spain by now and I hope you are enjoying it, it's very different to southern France, very rugged but also very beautiful. Take care over the festivities as it can get quite raucous. Thanks and keep up the good work.
You both seem very happy in this episode which makes me happy for you. Maybe it's the wine. Hahaha. You seem very knowledgeable about the subject. Happy New Year and may 2022 bring many wonderful new adventures ✌
Nearly on every cycling tour I am loosing things. On my very first cycling tour to Santiago I slept in a monastry where Bernadette de Soubirou is burried. In the evening I did my laundry in the shower. Before breakfest I put my wet laundry seperated in a plastic sac to dry on the flag stock on my bicycle. After 30 km I wanted to take a nice picture of my bicycle with a very old farm. When I looked in the lens of my camera I noticed that there was no laundry drying on the flag of my bicycle, damned, gone was my Assos throuser and some other clothes. A gift to the monastry of Bernadette de Lourdes.
This is another great vlog with cinematic footage that highlights the beauty of "next door cyclotouring". French organic wine is getting bigger and better by the year, it is indeed about time we stop drinking dubious beverages that contains chemicals. Happy cycling!
You guys make such great videos, they are very inspirering to me! I also forgot a few important things on my tours, on my first long tour I actually forgot my brandnew bike-light which I didn't get back and on my 2nd longer tour I somehow forgot both of my cycling shorts! I just noticed when my bottom started hurting, like 1h later.😅
Wishing you both a great adventurous 2022 and beyond. I left my dog once attached under the table at a restaurant. She just watched me walk away without so much as a 'woof'. Edit: OMG I was cycling alone in France (EV6/3/8) in October. But like you said in the video, these things can happen anywhere anytime. Scary nonetheless. Stay vigilant......always!
Hopefully, you are not the only one ever forget something in camping site, after drinking wine at winery somewhere in north Spain, I started a tour again and realized that I forget the my Surly bike and panniers and have to get back there by walk and I was able to finish the tour. Cause I drank too too much FREE WINE. So it was a very stupid, embarrassed and funny episode.
first time commenter on your channel and just a short time follower but i can't believe you don't have like a half million subscribers. all the best in '22 to you both. great channel!
so, another nice part ended but for me with a question: what's those bottles you have? In the end of the movie I can see 2 seemingly glass/transparent plastic bottles instead of the standard bidon. It seems to be designed like that with the metal supporting the top of the bottle as well.
Thanks! I think you are talking about the Coca Cola bottles. Just the generic ones from the supermarket. The BBB XL Fueltank cages are unfortunately not made anymore but are great for this style of bottle
HAHA! Yes as a matter of fact we have forgotten and "misplaced" something before. We'll mentioned two things that are from our first round the world tour way back in 2014 and 2015. Petra and our oldest daughter stopped at a stand in Cambodia in the middle of no where to buy a drink. Afterwards we cycled about 10 more miles (16kms) to a village and were going grabbing something to eat. This is when Petra discovered she no longer had her little money bag and we figured she left it at this stand. So I (Ron) take off all my panniers and haul butt back there to get her money bag that also contained all of her credit/debit cards, and other forms of Identification. I arrive and nothing, nada, no one saw or found Petra's money pouch. To be honest, I didn't expect to find any money and I just wanted our debit/credit cards, but the good folks at this stand on the side of the road didn't have it. So I rode back and luckily our daughter had money so we ate and now with it being to late to cycle further (plus I was now over 50 miles total for the day), we managed to find a place to crash here, In the morning and by some crazy miracle our daughter found Petra's little money bag on the back of her bike on top of her panniers. How we missed that and how it did not fall off the bike is anyone's guess. Sadly though, we had already contacted our bank back in Florida and canceled the cards and once that is done, it's a done deal and the cards are no longer any good. Second time we forgot something, I (Ron) forgot my Crocks in a place we were staying at in Vietnam. We were about 7 miles away when I dropped off all my gear and cycled back to get them. Funny thing is, the owner lady had already taken them and put them in a room for someone else to use. LOL! She apologized, but I didn't blame her at all. I mean, I forgot them and she was going to put them to good use. Cheers from Mexico you two and hope you have a great 2022! Your friends, Ron & Petra!
I left my favorite Sierra Designs overmitts in a restroom. I returned maybe ten minutes later and they were gone. No one had turned them in. I left my phone in a shopping cart (the black case blended in with the black child's seat). When I returned after about fifteen minutes, an employee and a customer were going through my phone, trying to find contact information, and I got it back. I've learned not to put my phone down anywhere in a store. It's too easy to get distracted with the shopping and forget about the phone, so it now stays with me at all times.
I had lost my walking shoo ones on the road :S had them hanging from my saddle pack, a guy in a car that saw me picked up the shoo and drove 20km to me and gave it to me.... I didn't even know that I lost them :) realy nice it happend on backroad on the Lofoten in Norway :) got the Europe divide on my bucket list to ride in a few years (next summer first 3,5 months from Deadhorse Alaska to the Maxico border over the GDMBR if covid alows it) groeten uit Almelo :)
Thank you :) We did an impromptu route so we have no real route to share. We did use Maps.me and looked at some highlights online to see if they were worth checking out. It is a very beautiful region!! Best wishes, E&M
on your question if anyone ever forgotten something, well..... I've done 2 bike camino's from Haarlem to Santiago but my first was a walking camino. I walked with my backpack and 2 poles. One day, after having a coffee I was walking on but it didn't feel good. I felt a bit, how to say, naked? It kept on bothering me and after 5 KM or so I realized I'd forgotten my poles on the coffee place. On a walking day, that's a 10 km extra big burden.
Wat een prachtige video Wij hebben ook wel in dat gebied gefietst Zeker in het na seizoen is het prachtig Wat een mooie beelden Ik was een mijn compact camera kwijt onderweg alles uitgepakt maar hij was nergens Hij bleek later in mijn binnentent mee opgerold te zijn Dus weer gevonden Ik wens jullie een goed fietsjaar Groetjes Peter
As for forgetting something on tour...... My wife forgot her spare underwear on our first night of a month long tour in Zanskar area of the Indian Himalaya. She survived the rest of the tour without a spare! Our short video is here: ruclips.net/video/2roGv-2KpeI/видео.html. You will enjoy it. Happy riding.
While bicycle touring through Northern Italy, I forgot to return the keys to the hotel room that I left from that morning. I had payed for the room directly at check-in, so I could leave early next morning. I found the keys more than an hour after I left. I asked a cyclist whether he was going that direction and he kindly agreed to return the keys for me.
Whoa...! Very nice pro-like video! Well done... How is you cycling going nowadays in Europe during the Omicron Era? BTW - Yes, I forgot something too. In Australia, on my O-Oz (around Australia) trip in 2013 I took the wrong turn out from the roundabout. It cost me 27km (x2 =54km)... Oh, well... ;)
Thank you Stan :) At the moment we are stationary because of winter, no runs in's with any possible problems. Haha, yeah we had that some times to, it's all in a days work ;) Best wishes, E&M
Yes they do (BBB Fueltank XL). Thanks, we do our best ;) For sure, not always easy and enjoyable! We really like to do it though and that helps with those moments things are tough. All the best, E&M
Well,.once in Spain we forgot our passports and we realized only one day later when we were asked for them at the next hotel... We were 150km away! Solved it calling a taxi in the the village were the passports were... 🤣
Hi guys I left my sugar and tea bag containers with the lovely Dutch couple that insisted I stay for the nyt beautiful people , perhaps life will get better and I will pass by there again amersfoort is the place do you know it , be safe guys x
I have left a few things behind before, but Not as interesting as what my mother and father left behind on the beach once....Me! I was 6 years old and unaware I had been left behind. I believe they flipped a coin whether or not to come back for me. Being one of four siblings it`s easy to lose one child on your travels.
Me and My girlfrend bicycled in Vietnam and forgot our passports 45k away in a hostel. So We had to take a cab 90k lokely it was i Vietnam so it was not that expencive.
In mainland Europe, everyone (?) says 'biological' produce but in the UK (and other English speaking countries?) we say 'organic'. I am genuinely interested: what do you say in your country? Comment 'bio' or 'org' and your country
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Hi Everyone! Wishing you all a Happy and Healthy New Year full of inspiration and positivity. Thank you for your enthusiasm and support! Eric & Maudi
Happy new year !!!!
Tack så mycket 🥳🥰
Happy New Year Eric and Maudi. All the very best!
Wonderful !
You only live once 🍷👍
Thank you so much for sharing 😊
Haha 🥂 Happy you liked it :) Best wishes, E&M
@@WheelstoWander always do !
Thank you so much
Jullie weten de sfeer steeds zo goed te pakken. Zeker in deze grijze tijden in Nederland roept dat veel inspiratie op. Dank!
Another great video thanks, and you are surely not the only one who forgot something. Changed clothes on a rainy day somewhere at a closed shop in Germany to realize after 70km standing thirsty in a shop that I left my wallet on the shopping trolley 🥴. It was a long day but luckily it was still there 🙂 . Nearby camping on a farmers land and warm campfire made it al good
Thank you Jurgen! 70k's back is something like a full day of cycling for us! Happy to hear your wallet was still there. Thumbs up for campfires, a great morality booster :) Best wishes, E&M
Great video and beautiful cinematography. Cheers.
Wonderful videos! It is like being in a bike trip myself.
Beautiful video…thanks for sharing your adventure with all of us!
Thank you Robert 😊 Best wishes, E&M
grazie, con i vostri video mi avete fatto scoprire una passione
That is wonderful to hear Andrea :) :)
One time I forgot my long sleeve polyester shirt from REI up in the mountains of Ojai, California. I drove 20 miles down the mountain and then another 20 miles south down the coast near Malibu, California. I don't recall how I knew it was gone, but I turned around and drove straight back to get it. When I arrived back at the campsite in the mountains, a group of people were also there. And there was one of my favorite camp shirts, right on the picnic table. A gentleman began to pick it up. I said,”thank you, that's mine.” It was a miracle no one else picked it up! I was so glad to have my favorite camp shirt back! It is the warmest shirt I've ever owned.
opnieuw een fantastische video - een echt nieuwjaargeschenk - mange tak from Denmark - Sarah
Dank je Sarah! Best wensen van ons hier in Spanje. Groet, E&M
Hi there. Thank you for your wonderful videos, which are produced on a high level . I love to follow your travels. Indeed, I got a story to tell, too. It was 2010: we were on a long-term bike tour through Australia. I forgot my beloved cotton towel in a hotel (we took a room because it was raining heavily), which I bought a few years earlier in Thailand. Unfortunately, I didn't notice it until the next day, when we were already 100km away. I was very annoyed with myself and over the following days I kept talking about how important this piece of cotton was to me. In the end we rescheduled our tour so that I cycled back to the town and the cloth was actually still there. I was the happiest person on earth when I held it in my hands again. I still have it and I use it on all my trips ( I still travel by bicycle 5 to 8 weeks a year) and I always make sure that I don't forget it anywhere. Groetjes uit Zwitserland. Mich (I'm married with a Dutch 😉)
My boyfriend forgot a ukulele at a train station in Greece (with his passport in the front pocket :D). We got on the train with our heavy loaded bikes, the door shut and then he realized the ukulele was left on the bench! We got off at the next station so that he could take the next train back - the ukulele was intact ;). Love the shots and the music! Thank you guys, we really enjoy following your trip! ♥️🌅🚴♂️🚴🏼♀️
Good to hear everything was still there 🍀 Thanks, really happy to hear you liked it 😊 Best wishes, E&M
I like your videos. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you William!! Best wishes
the weather is unbelievably gentle for cycling, hope it will continue like this for you, bon voyage pour la nouvelle année.
Merci Ly :) We were indeed incredibly lucky with the weather during our months of cycling 🙏🏼 Best wishes, E&M
Oh heck yeah, I leave behind stuff all the time when I travel. Usually minor items that are easily replaced but worst one…my pillow! I am finicky about my pillows and it was my favorite one of course! I couldn’t live without it but was already on a plane home 😫
Ai! We are really specific about our pillows too. Hope you were able to replace it!
Best wishes to everyone. Thank you for the nice video.
Thanks 😊 Best wishes for you as well, E&M
Nice video again. I'm looking forward to the next.
I also forgot something during my cycling holiday that i really need. It happened in Norway when I was on my way to the North Cape. I followed the coastal route and then you regularly have to take a ferry to an next island. When I was on such a ferry I realized that I had forgotten my battery charger from my camera. This was still connected to the socket in the sanitary building at the campsite where I stayed that night. So back and forth with the ferry, back to the campsite, which was luckily close by, and then continue my route with the same ferry. All together it took me almost 3 hours but it was too important to lose. I wonder what the captain must have been thinking...
Beautiful landscapes
I wasn't cycling, but left my money belt under my pillow in a hotel in Isla De La Mujeres, Mexico. When I got the ferry off the island to the mainland, I paid with cash from my pocket, and the same for the bus trip when going south towards Cozumel. Suddenly, after about 15mins sitting in the bus, I realised what I'd done. The bus driver reluctantly let me get off the bus, and luckily I was not far walking distance from the airport. From the airport, I haggled with a taxi driver to take me back to the port. I had just enough left to get the ferry back to the island. Walking down the dirt track to the hotel, the maids were on the balcony waving my money belt at me and laughing. It had my passport, credit cards, travellers cheques, and cash - all present when I got it back. A very lucky escape, and wonderful honesty from the hotel workers.
Thank you for sharing your story Wayne! I can imagine the sudden distress. The adventure back to the hotel sounded like a movie ;) Happy to hear you got it back and the hotel workers were so honest. Best wishes, E&M
I love the picture of the great "Sitting Bull" from the Sioux people who are indigenous to North American that is displayed on his wall? Excellent! Good taste.
I was already wondering who this man was on the photo. Thanks for letting us know, interesting!
Been there a couple of years ago during summer. OMG the amount of musquitos😳. Keep it up. Wees voorzichtig.
We didn't realise that but it must have been intense 😅 Thanks, het ga je goed!
Hi there! good to see you both rollin' down them dusty trails. Digging the trail vibe there with the music. Looks deserted, have not seen cars, other vehicles? that's my idea of heaven. I know of wines from there. Georgia is the home of the oldest wines known to man - as far as we know so far, I love the picture on the wall of the Native American - Sitting Bull? My van keys got left behind in the grass of a field once - the people next to us chased us down in town at a cafe to return them - Briget & Norman from York you guys were top. I hope to return to Bala again soon.
Hi Mark! It was a wonderful piece of France and thought France was pretty quiet in general, at least the area where we cycled through. Such an interesting and beautiful place Georgia, have you ever been there? Great to hear about how Briget & Norman returned your keys :) Best wishes, E&M
Another great video! Jammer van die extra twintig kilometer. Je vroeg of er meer mensen wel eens iets vergeten waren. Wij waren jaren terug op de terugreis van onze vakantie naar Tsjechie. In Duitsland tank en plaspauze gehad en na een half uur gereden te hebben kwam de jongste dochter erachter dat haar mobiel waarschijnlijk nog bij het tankstation lag. Wij weer terug en ja hoor, hij lag gelukkig nog op de stortbak. Nu kunnen we er om lachten maar toen niet😂Ik kan me voorstellen dat je op dat moment flink baalt😁
Another wonderful video. Thanks. I haven't left behind much in my many tours. I count bike gloves, Swiss army knife, and spoons among top essentials. Unfortunately, they're all very easy to go unnoticed after a break or night camping, so I carry a backup so I never have to return when a glove or spoon is lost.
Nice video.
[I forgot my helmet on a table...overlook stop. Only realized when I took a selfie and thought about it. Rode about 10km roundtrip. It was a popular tourist stop and surprised helmet was still their.
Thanks! Great to hear the helmet was still there :) Best wishes, E&M
Beautiful footage and great adventure! Subbed!
Thanks! happy you enjoy the videos :) All the best, E&M
Brilliant.
Thanks :)
Bonjour a vous deux je vous souhaite une bonne année 2022 et de beaux voyages a vélo Stéphane.
nice video. We went to France many years ago and loved it. Would like to go back and bike there. Thanks for sharing your adventures
Thanks :) If you can... France is great... try and avoid hunting season though 😬
@@WheelstoWander yes for sure. That was scary just watching you guys have to deal with all the gunshots and also it is very sad what happened to the other cyclist. Stay safe. Love your channel. Pura vida
Another lovely video!! Would you consider sharing the bikepacking route you did in the video description? Would love to check it out! Thank you for all that you do!
Thank you Sheelagh! You can find information about the route here: europeandividetrail.com/
Best wishes, E&M
@@WheelstoWander Thank you so much!!
Top class as usual. I am not sure why I did not notice before but your english is getting flipping excellent!!!
Michael from Ireland
Haha, Thanks Micheal! And that while we feel we are stumbling over our words all the time 😆 Putting words on camera is not something that comes natural. Great to hear it gets the message across in a clear way 😊 Best wishes, E&M
Happy New Year's 2022. Excellent video!
Thank you Sandra :) Best wishes for you too, E&M
You mentioned forgetting items - well, years ago, bike packing in Ireland I left my bum bag in a campsite toilet. We cycled on for about 29km when I realised it was missing. No money for the well deserved ice cream! We phoned the site from a kindly tourist info office. (No mobile phones then!) The guy went to look, found it - bank cards, passports, cash all there. He disguised it in a cereal box and put it in a taxi. Well worth the €18 (ish) to get it all back!
What a story! Super to hear it all worked out :) Thanks!
Another nice and well balanced video. Take care, Al
Thank you Al :) Best wishes, E&M
As always, a great episode, it was nice to watch. I look forward to the next episode. And I wish you in the New Year. A great journey, great views and nice people met on the route. Happy New Year ;-)
Thanks so much Pawel :) Best wishes, E&M
Hi,
The videos of the two of you convey excellent cycling feelings
I love the way you make the videos. The mood, the feelings about the landscape and this feeling of experiencing it on the bike comes across really well.
I have already ridden through this area on my bike and was very happy to experience it again.
To your question. I thought for a long time if I forgot something that I got back but I couldn't think of anything even though I am often distracted. Ok, I once lost my key ring while swapping in the Mediterranean. Then I dived again and again for hours and actually found it again.
Thank you so much for this great video
All the best to both of you for 2022. I'm really looking forward to your videos.
Bernhard
Another beautiful video. We cycled in France last year, several places but also along the mediterranean coast. We love it too. Wish you all the best in 2022.🥂 (in the glasses wine without sulfite 🙂), Henk and Lucie.
Thank you Henk & Lucie :) Great to hear you liked the cycling around the Mediterranean too! Best wishes, E&M... and 👍🏼 for no sulfites ;)
Nice ride. Keep moving
Thanks Juan :)
It's always such an awesome feeling to be on the move with you! ❤️ HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Great to hear the videos give the feeling that you are there with us 😊 Best wishes, E&M
@@WheelstoWander Take care!
Have been waiting for your latest. Happy new year in Spain
Thank you Jack :) Best Wishes, E&M
Love from India 🇮🇳🙏
Thank you mountain Adventure 2M :) Best wishes, E&M
Happy New Year! Thank you for this beautifully composed visit to the lovely French countryside.
Thanks KC :) Best wishes for you too, E&M
If I ever make it to France, it’s places like THIS that I want to experience! Sure Paris is the famous one but Frances nature seems so criminally underrated. Nice video again!
Thanks :) Your right, France has some spectacular places besides the famous cities. Hope you'll get to check it out some day! All the best, E&M
I once forgot to give back the key of my hotel room. In a similar situation, I talked to much with the owner of the hotel. After 50 km I found out that I still had the key in the back pocket of my cycling jersey. Luckily it was no problem, I could mail it back to the hotel, so I didn't have to turn back. Gelukkig nieuwjaar. 🥂
Happy New Year! Nice area!
Thank you! And to you too :)
Happy Newyear! Once we lost our handbag with driving license, passpoart, and cash money inside in a hotel belong a singletrack road in Scotland. But...it was a dead ending road for 50 miles, so we turn at the end in front of a lighthouse and outside the car we noticed the missing bag, whoops...but in the same hotel the owner was relaxed...every car was allways passing his hotel for the second time...we were very happy there in Strontian.
Thanks :) Nice story with a happy ending! Best wishes, E&M
HNY guys! Another great video, rural southern France is so beautiful and one of my favourite places.
You must be deep into Spain by now and I hope you are enjoying it, it's very different to southern France, very rugged but also very beautiful.
Take care over the festivities as it can get quite raucous.
Thanks and keep up the good work.
nice video ❤️
Thank you Hamza :)
Happy new year to both of you. Enjoy 2022 and I am looking forward to viewing your next videos. Dave UK
Thank you Dave :) Best wishes for you as well. Next videos already in the making ;)
Gelukkig nieuwjaar!
Dank je Reinoud :) Ook voor jou de beste wensen, E&M
You both seem very happy in this episode which makes me happy for you. Maybe it's the wine. Hahaha. You seem very knowledgeable about the subject. Happy New Year and may 2022 bring many wonderful new adventures ✌
Haha, yeah wine helps a bit with temporary happiness ;) Thanks so much and Best wishes for you as well, E&M
Feliz 2022. Muita saúde e desejo belas aventuras a vocês. Estaremos juntos o ano todo. Parabéns.
Muito obrigado e o mesmo para você! E saudações da Espanha, E&M
Wine's cool and very old but, don't forget about beer. It has an ancient pedigree too and is quite tasty(!). French beer might be quite good too...
We like a good beer now and again ;)
Best wishes for the both of you 🥂
Thank you Jolanda 😊 Best wishes for you too, E&M
Nearly on every cycling tour I am loosing things. On my very first cycling tour to Santiago I slept in a monastry where Bernadette de Soubirou is burried. In the evening I did my laundry in the shower. Before breakfest I put my wet laundry seperated in a plastic sac to dry on the flag stock on my bicycle. After 30 km I wanted to take a nice picture of my bicycle with a very old farm. When I looked in the lens of my camera I noticed that there was no laundry drying on the flag of my bicycle, damned, gone was my Assos throuser and some other clothes. A gift to the monastry of Bernadette de Lourdes.
Thank you for sharing your story Daniel! Hope someone got some use there out of your laundry... and found it in time ;) Best wishes, E&M
Muito beautyful os lugares q vocês mostram.
Happy you like them Guaraci :)
I forgot my tent poles. Luckily my host where I was staying drove them to me!
That's great! Really nice of them :)
This is another great vlog with cinematic footage that highlights the beauty of "next door cyclotouring". French organic wine is getting bigger and better by the year, it is indeed about time we stop drinking dubious beverages that contains chemicals. Happy cycling!
Thanks 😊 France has a lot to offer indeed! Thumbs up for natural wines. Best wishes, E&M
You guys make such great videos, they are very inspirering to me!
I also forgot a few important things on my tours, on my first long tour I actually forgot my brandnew bike-light which I didn't get back and on my 2nd longer tour I somehow forgot both of my cycling shorts! I just noticed when my bottom started hurting, like 1h later.😅
once i left some trash on my wild campsite. I already zipped down half the mountain when i realized and cycled back. Wasn't happy :( :)
I can imagine ;) Props for cycling back to collect your trash!!
Great
I once left my solar panel a spot that I stopped to rest. Only a mile ride to get it but very scary forgetting something.
Good to hear you realised it early on and found it back!! Best wishes, E&M
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EXCELENTE !!!
Gracias Tarciano :) Best Wishes, E&M
Wishing you both a great adventurous 2022 and beyond. I left my dog once attached under the table at a restaurant. She just watched me walk away without so much as a 'woof'.
Edit: OMG I was cycling alone in France (EV6/3/8) in October. But like you said in the video, these things can happen anywhere anytime. Scary nonetheless. Stay vigilant......always!
Thank you Linda :) It sounds like she had all the faith you would come and get her ;) Best wishes, E&M
Forgot my bike lock and had to cycle back about 5 miles. Forget it quite often but that was the furthest to cycle back.
Thanks for sharing! I forgot a cable lock before too ;)
Hopefully, you are not the only one ever forget something in camping site, after drinking wine at winery somewhere in north Spain, I started a tour again and realized that I forget the my Surly bike and panniers and have to get back there by walk and I was able to finish the tour. Cause I drank too too much FREE WINE. So it was a very stupid, embarrassed and funny episode.
Love from village charwa se❤❤❤
Thank you Raj :)
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first time commenter on your channel and just a short time follower but i can't believe you don't have like a half million subscribers.
all the best in '22 to you both. great channel!
Thank you Bertski60! That would be nice 😉 Best wishes for you too, E&M
Happy new year
Thank you :) Best wishes!
so, another nice part ended but for me with a question: what's those bottles you have? In the end of the movie I can see 2 seemingly glass/transparent plastic bottles instead of the standard bidon. It seems to be designed like that with the metal supporting the top of the bottle as well.
Thanks! I think you are talking about the Coca Cola bottles. Just the generic ones from the supermarket. The BBB XL Fueltank cages are unfortunately not made anymore but are great for this style of bottle
HAHA! Yes as a matter of fact we have forgotten and "misplaced" something before. We'll mentioned two things that are from our first round the world tour way back in 2014 and 2015. Petra and our oldest daughter stopped at a stand in Cambodia in the middle of no where to buy a drink. Afterwards we cycled about 10 more miles (16kms) to a village and were going grabbing something to eat. This is when Petra discovered she no longer had her little money bag and we figured she left it at this stand. So I (Ron) take off all my panniers and haul butt back there to get her money bag that also contained all of her credit/debit cards, and other forms of Identification. I arrive and nothing, nada, no one saw or found Petra's money pouch. To be honest, I didn't expect to find any money and I just wanted our debit/credit cards, but the good folks at this stand on the side of the road didn't have it. So I rode back and luckily our daughter had money so we ate and now with it being to late to cycle further (plus I was now over 50 miles total for the day), we managed to find a place to crash here, In the morning and by some crazy miracle our daughter found Petra's little money bag on the back of her bike on top of her panniers. How we missed that and how it did not fall off the bike is anyone's guess. Sadly though, we had already contacted our bank back in Florida and canceled the cards and once that is done, it's a done deal and the cards are no longer any good. Second time we forgot something, I (Ron) forgot my Crocks in a place we were staying at in Vietnam. We were about 7 miles away when I dropped off all my gear and cycled back to get them. Funny thing is, the owner lady had already taken them and put them in a room for someone else to use. LOL! She apologized, but I didn't blame her at all. I mean, I forgot them and she was going to put them to good use. Cheers from Mexico you two and hope you have a great 2022! Your friends, Ron & Petra!
I left my favorite Sierra Designs overmitts in a restroom. I returned maybe ten minutes later and they were gone. No one had turned them in.
I left my phone in a shopping cart (the black case blended in with the black child's seat). When I returned after about fifteen minutes, an employee and a customer were going through my phone, trying to find contact information, and I got it back.
I've learned not to put my phone down anywhere in a store. It's too easy to get distracted with the shopping and forget about the phone, so it now stays with me at all times.
I had lost my walking shoo ones on the road :S had them hanging from my saddle pack, a guy in a car that saw me picked up the shoo and drove 20km to me and gave it to me.... I didn't even know that I lost them :) realy nice it happend on backroad on the Lofoten in Norway :)
got the Europe divide on my bucket list to ride in a few years (next summer first 3,5 months from Deadhorse Alaska to the Maxico border over the GDMBR if covid alows it)
groeten uit Almelo :)
That is incredible, what a great guy 👌🏼Lot's of fun doing the GDMBR (on our bucket list too :) if everything goes according to plan! Groet uit Spanje
Stunning views! Inspired to cycle the route. Would you be able to suggest any route maps to look at?
Thank you :) We did an impromptu route so we have no real route to share. We did use Maps.me and looked at some highlights online to see if they were worth checking out. It is a very beautiful region!! Best wishes, E&M
@@WheelstoWander cool, will do
on your question if anyone ever forgotten something, well..... I've done 2 bike camino's from Haarlem to Santiago but my first was a walking camino. I walked with my backpack and 2 poles. One day, after having a coffee I was walking on but it didn't feel good. I felt a bit, how to say, naked? It kept on bothering me and after 5 KM or so I realized I'd forgotten my poles on the coffee place. On a walking day, that's a 10 km extra big burden.
Something that keeps lingering that you can't put your thumb on immediately. I know how that feels... you remembered just in time I see!
Wat een prachtige video
Wij hebben ook wel in dat gebied gefietst
Zeker in het na seizoen is het prachtig
Wat een mooie beelden
Ik was een mijn compact camera kwijt onderweg alles uitgepakt maar hij was nergens
Hij bleek later in mijn binnentent mee opgerold te zijn
Dus weer gevonden
Ik wens jullie een goed fietsjaar
Groetjes Peter
Dank je wel Peter :) Haha, ja dat hebben wij ook gehad met diverse spullen opgerold in de binnentent ;) Beste wensen!
Hi.
Happy newzealandsk. Could you share maps of your route? It would be very nice. Best whishes esben
Thanks Esben! We don't really write our route down... Best wishes
As for forgetting something on tour......
My wife forgot her spare underwear on our first night of a month long tour in Zanskar area of the Indian Himalaya. She survived the rest of the tour without a spare! Our short video is here: ruclips.net/video/2roGv-2KpeI/видео.html. You will enjoy it. Happy riding.
Thanks for sharing Dan! "Need breaks law" we say in NL ;) All the best, E&M
Bom-dia feliz ano bom a vcs casal abraços.
Obrigada! Muitas felicidades e um ano maravilhoso, E&M
A very nice video and i wonder how much editting it takes to produce this masterpiece. Ride safe. Love from Borneo.
Thank you David! It takes about 24 to 32 hours edit a video. Best wishes, E&M
I left a Swiss Army knife at a campsite. Returned and found it!
Sharp ;)
While bicycle touring through Northern Italy, I forgot to return the keys to the hotel room that I left from that morning. I had payed for the room directly at check-in, so I could leave early next morning. I found the keys more than an hour after I left. I asked a cyclist whether he was going that direction and he kindly agreed to return the keys for me.
Really nice of him to do that :) Top notch!
Whoa...! Very nice pro-like video! Well done... How is you cycling going nowadays in Europe during the Omicron Era?
BTW - Yes, I forgot something too. In Australia, on my O-Oz (around Australia) trip in 2013 I took the wrong turn out from the roundabout. It cost me 27km (x2 =54km)... Oh, well... ;)
Thank you Stan :) At the moment we are stationary because of winter, no runs in's with any possible problems. Haha, yeah we had that some times to, it's all in a days work ;) Best wishes, E&M
do your drink holders hold 1.5liter coke bottles? appreciate the content. it's hard to film and make stories on the road while still enjoying it!
Yes they do (BBB Fueltank XL). Thanks, we do our best ;) For sure, not always easy and enjoyable! We really like to do it though and that helps with those moments things are tough. All the best, E&M
Well,.once in Spain we forgot our passports and we realized only one day later when we were asked for them at the next hotel... We were 150km away! Solved it calling a taxi in the the village were the passports were... 🤣
Glad to hear you got them back ;) All the best!
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Hi guys I left my sugar and tea bag containers with the lovely Dutch couple that insisted I stay for the nyt beautiful people , perhaps life will get better and I will pass by there again amersfoort is the place do you know it , be safe guys x
I have left a few things behind before, but Not as interesting as what my mother and father left behind on the beach once....Me! I was 6 years old and unaware I had been left behind. I believe they flipped a coin whether or not to come back for me. Being one of four siblings it`s easy to lose one child on your travels.
Crazy story Steve, hope you got over that!
4:40 What is an American Indian (Sitting Bull) doing in a French winery?
Patrick lived in America for a while I believe... Possibly he picked up his story there!? He is obviously fond of this picture.
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Best wishes Sanjib!
I forgot my phone at a park bathroom, and went back 16k to retrieve it but it was gone...cost my 200 smackers for a new phone.
Me and My girlfrend bicycled in Vietnam and forgot our passports 45k away in a hostel. So We had to take a cab 90k lokely it was i Vietnam so it was not that expencive.
And you got them back I gather from this story!!
In mainland Europe, everyone (?) says 'biological' produce but in the UK (and other English speaking countries?) we say 'organic'. I am genuinely interested: what do you say in your country? Comment 'bio' or 'org' and your country
We use both to make things easier ;)