We have made it to Riesa on our grand tour. The town lies on the River Elbe, about 40km northwest of Dresden and has town has two “claims to fame”. According to a well known online encyclopaedia, the worlds first 110kvh power line was installed between Riesa and Lauchhammer in 1912. Also, in the 1980’s…

We are off on our travels again, this time to Germany, more specifically to Wittenberg in Eastern Germany for the start of a week of point to point cycling, with the excellent Mercurio Travel and our host and tour leader, Andre. Those of you who regularly read my ramblings on here may remember we have…