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DmD-2005 Riegel - Germany and a Tour de France

The first DmD with tours in two countries, France and Germany. It was produced both tours by Walter.

Riegel, close to the French border, was the ideal starting point into the neighbor-country for a tour.


Tour Alsace stop at Lac Blanc


The tour in the Alsace should tour not only one motorcycle is. One central point of the tour, the Fort Linge. A fort from the 1. World war. At this point, all participants met to remember about the victims.



Fort Ligne (German "Linge")


The fight-lines from 1914 to 1918

The other tour are going thru the Black Forest (German Schwarzwald)



Reception in Endingen


Deauville with trailer from Czech Republic

DmD-2005 Story from Stu, Des and Pat



Day one,

Saturday, met up with Des and Pat at Leicester Forest East services on the M1, headed south towards the Channel Tunnel.

 

Had a stop for refreshments at South Mimms, fuelled up and headed for the train. We arrived about an hour early and thought we were in for a long wait,
by the time we had entered the rest area they were calling us to the train, now that's what I call service. Loaded up on an almost empty train and headed for France, no wet windows
were observed so the tunnel doesn't leak, before you know it (well about 25 minutes later) we entered the sunlight of France.

Quick stop for fuel and a cigarette for me and we were on our way heading to Ypres (Ieper).  Arrived in Ypres and then tried to find the hotel which was cunningly disguised so we couldn't see it from the road, parked our bikes in the secure area at the back ( when I say secure I mean really secure, one Dobermann with a nasty bark !!).

We decided to meet in the bar for a quick drink then something to eat, unfortunately we missed the playing of the last post at the Menin gate. Then we had a walk round this fabulous place, a very sobering and thought provoking place.

Day two,
Sunday, we were up bright and early for breakfast, a quick walk and a chat with an old English gentleman who had lived there for 50 years then it was time to release the bikes from the jaws of the Doberman and head off.

A nice leisurely ride heading towards Antwerp, Eindhoven and eventually Schwalmtal as we were meeting up with Helmut.  My GPS and Des's GPS were showing different routes so we opted to follow mine which took us a very lovely scenic route through who knows where, but eventually we ended up at Helmut's house, the noise of 2 throbbing Deauvilles awoke him from his slumber and he greeted us at the gate as only Helmut can.

We put the bikes away and retired into Helmut's house where we met Annemarie and the Children.
That evening Helmut and Annemarie took us to Cologne to have a look round, what a fantastic place with the biggest Cathedral

 
        
I have ever seen in my life,
we stopped for some liquid refreshment before heading back home.

The plan next day was to ride the bikes around the Eifel area so Des and Pat retired to the guesthouse for the evening.

Day three,
Monday, the weather was threatening to rain, so the decision was made to go by car in the Eifel.

We set off and headed out stopping at Niedeggen
     
for a look around, then we headed to Monschau

and had our lunch there. 
What fantastic roads and views, the weather had held off so we could have gone on the bikes after all, still there is always next time.
We eventually returned home to be greeted by the most wonderful pancakes I have ever tasted, made by Annemarie, lots of liquid refreshment was taken and some DMD planning made.

Day four,
Tuesday, again the weather was a bit overcast, but this day we had plans to go to Aachen

with Annemarie in the car to visit the University she used to work at, they were holding an open day and it was a really fascinating visit for me to see all the heavy engineering and precision equipment the students had to work on.  We had demonstrations and a walk round which was really interesting.

A stop for Coffee and cakes in one of the oldest cafes in Aachen which had really lovely features

and we sneaked a peek upstairs into the areas where nobody was allowed to go.

A wander round the shops followed, trying to find a nice stamp for the DMD dinner evening and a look around

the town, ending up with a meal at a Greek restaurant, because this is a University town the prices were unbelievably good and the food was excellent.
Before we left Aachen we drove to the very top of the town to look down on this beautiful place.

We wanted to take a quick look at the Hein Gericke shop, but this was no longer there, fortunately there was a Louis shop which we had a look in. Annemarie liked this because next door was a horse riding shop which she had a look in.

We returned to the car and for some reason the security system had a problem because all the windows wound down and the key got stuck in the lock, a phone call to Helmut revealed he didn't know what was wrong either, so we all had a go at fixing it.  After about 15 minutes Des managed to work it out and to everyones relief we got going again.
As this was the day before DMD we had to head towards Düren to pick up Annemaries mother, who was going to babysit the children while we were all away, what a fantastic person she is, an amateur photographer with some of the most stunning pictures I have ever seen.

Day five,
Wednesday, we all got packed up and rode off into the distance heading for Mönchengladbach to meet with Wolfgang and Ute Ferdi, then onwards to meet with Ferdi from Kerpen.  This was it DMD was now underway with the first convoy of 5 bikes ( 4 Deauvilles and a BMW) heading for Riegel, a fabulous site to behold.
We stopped for several breaks, one of which was by a fabulous viaduct (A61 Mosel bridge) with some stunning views.
Eventually we arrived in the Riegel/Endingen/Malterdingen area and everyone dropped of at their respective accommodations. 
I went to the campsite and put up my tent,

with some help from the Dutch guys already there on their FJR1300, A very welcome cup of coffee was offerred by the lady there ( apologies for not remembering your name).
Once the tent was up I headed back to the Brauhaus at Riegel for a very welcome meal, then it was back to the tent for a well earned sleep.

Day six,
Thursday, I got up early and decided to walk from the campsite into Riegel, mainly to see how long it would take me to stagger back again after a night of heavy drinking.  Only 20 minutes, which was a result.  The rest started to turn up at around 10 O'clock and so DMD begins with the setting up of the info desk, laying out the banners, blowing up balloons etc etc, soon we had our first arrivals and it was official DMD had started.

Day seven,
Friday, I went on the tour of the Elsace today which was marvellous , the weather was excellent,





the views and roads were good, the people were good, it was all good.

We ended up at Endingen that evening for the meeting with the Mayor

and the guided tours

around this fascinating old town.

Back to Riegel then for another session at the info desk and to wind down from the events of the day.  Soon we had a hen party of young ladies singing and dancing

and generally entertaining us and I believe the auction for the Schnaps raised 75 euros for their party fund.

Day eight,
Saturday, today I decided to go on the Black forest tour, and again words cannot describe the outstanding beauty of everything we saw, the photos don't really do it justice, you have to be here in person to see it for yourselves.
At the end of the tour we headed for Burkheim to get all the bikes together ready for the parade (Korso), after the briefing by the police we set off, 198 bikes ( I think) all in convoy stretching out for over 2km heading towards Riegel.  The looks on the faces of the people as we rolled by was astonishing, lots of waving and tooting of horns until we got to Riegel.
Time for a quick shower and change of clothes before we attempted getting the train to Endingen to attend the Dinner.
What can I say, fantastic food, fantastic beer, fantastic company, the night, indeed the whole of DMD was a success.
The only downside was having to leave the party early as we all had a long trip to take next day.

Day nine,
Sunday, packed up the tent, loaded up the bike and headed to Riegel to meet up with Des and Pat again.  We then headed off homeward bound, towards Strasbourg, Nancy, Metz etc, via Luxembourg so I could buy some tobacco.
We had decided to make a stop in Lille overnight so that it would be not such a long trip home, I had an offer from Serge to stay at his house which was really kind, so we headed in that direction except we turned of the peage too soon and ended up at a Formule1 hotel in Roncq. 
So my apologies to Serge.
A hearty meal was had and off to our respective beds for a good nights sleep.  Des awoke in the night with a nose bleed, so we all kidded Pat that she had beaten him in the night.
An early morning start and we headed for the tunnel, again we were lucky and managed to get an earlier train and with the change in time zones we actually got back to the UK before we had left.
We stopped at Thurrock for a quick cigarette break and then again at Toddington for fuel.  This is where we said our goodbyes as shortly afterwards we would be splitting off to our homes.
I eventually ended up getting home around 6 o'clock and checked my odometer which was reading 1856 miles(3000km) more than before.

That's it, can't wait until next time, my personal thanks to everyone

Cheers ...

 

DmD-2005 von Wolf

ja was ist denn hier im forum los,
wo waren all die vielen viller bloß
ach ja sie waren doch in riegel beim dmd
und manchen tat der hintern weh

die anfahrt war für manchen schon beschwerlich,
doch seien wir doch einmal ehrlich,
die aussicht von der luftigen höhe auf das bett des rhein
entschädigte doch für so manches und war fein

man traf sich dann am kaiserstuhl
und fühlte sich gleich pudelwohl
mit empfang von allerhöchster stelle
saß man doch an des weines quelle

am abend dann im lustigen kreise,
dankte es der bürgermeister selbst auf seine weise,
unter gegrölle und mit lust
zog er blank die breite brust,
die frauen werden ihm auf ewig dankbar sein,
auch beschwingt durch so manches glase des leckren wein,
ich hörte auch er hätte einen guten charakter
was es doch ausmacht, so oben ohne, sozusagen ein halb nackter

auch für die männer wurde etwas geboten,
es war vielleicht nicht legitim, also etwas verboten,
versteigert wurde eine "jungfrau" aus den orte,
nein nein sie kam nicht aus der torte,
sie kam auch nicht allein und war vom guten weine heiter,
und nach versteigerung und gesang zogen sie dann -leider-weiter,
auch angebotene zimmerschlüssel wurden ignoriert,
h. aus n. schaute etwas indigniert,

auch wetter und touren waren vom feinsten,
ausgekundschaftet bis hin zum kleinsten,
ob schwarzwald oder elsass-touren
die wir so in gruppen fuhren,
kurve um kurve zogen sie durchs land
und man sich dann in 1200 m höhe wieder fand,
apropo finden, das war wohl für so manchen etwas stress,
fuhr man doch in dieser modernen zeit nach GPS,
so manche runde fuhr man dafür doppelt,
wie nennt man das doch gleich - doppelt gemoppelt
dabei gibt es doch so schöne karten
und man muß nicht auf funksignale warten

vier tage waren es dann leider nur
und von reue für die teilweise lange anfahrt keine spur,
alte freunde-neue viller werden durch dmd zusammengeführt,
was so manches herzlein rührt
gefeiert wird zusammen in lustiger runde,
kann man auch nicht immer verstehen die sprache aus manch viller-munde,

und eingeladen wurde für 2006 die ganze viller-bande
ins nachbarland-die schönen niederlande,
die spannung ist schon jetzt riesengroß-
was machen wir ohne berge dort bloß

ach ja-eigentlich wollte ich nur sagen -wir sind auch zu hause-
und jetzt gönn ich mir mal nen tage pause,
dann wird die ville neu bepackt
und die nächsten kurven eingesackt.

danksagen in reimen ist etwas schwierig, darum in wahlloser reihenfolge:

natürlich an helmut und annemarie für diese tolle arbeit und
die vorbereitungen, unterstützt von vielen kleinen helfern und
guten geistern
danke auch an die eiszeit und wind und wetter, ohne die diese
herrlichen berge nicht zustande gekommen wären und natürlich die lieben menschen, die vor jahren schon angefangen haben, diese wunderbaren kurven durch die berge zu ziehen,
und natürlich ein dank an alle viller, die gekommen sind, wer die namen wissen möchte, kann in der liste nachschauen

ach und zum guten schluß, treffpunkt für 2006 ist 10.00 h am alten zoll in aachen

und wenn dann vom moderator der beitrag "showdown in riegel"
eröffnet wird, werden wir vielleicht erfahren:

-  was eva unter einem 1 euro-job versteht,
-  warum männer auch weinen dürfen
-  was man mit einem helmbeutel noch machen kann
-  warum stefan fast verhungert wäre
-  warum matti eigentlich nicht mehr mit mir reden wollte, es dann gott sei dank aber doch wieder getan hat
-  warum ich ute-pe auf lebzeiten dankbar sein werde
-  was man in holland meint, wenn man dort von kollegen spricht

und ville weiter anekdoten, die so am rande eines dmd-treffens
passieren
bis dahin,
es waren vier tolle tage
isabel und wolf-en

DmD-2005 official Statement from the Mayors of Riegel

We are welcome!
Article from the municipality letter Riegel
Dear citizens,
some of you will have been surprised at the many motorcycles in Riegel last week. The explanation for it is simple: Around one half year ago, I received the enquiry, whether the municipal administration would support an international motorcycle meeting in Riegel. After a thorough examination I have the consent the proverb given, faithfully " who doesn't dare, ... . . " and I think for the Kaiserstuhl altogether it has itself more than been worthwhile for Riegel. Here a couple of impressive numbers:
Round 250 motorcyclists/overnight stays of Kenzingen provided about 1,000 inside from 16 European countries over Malterdingen and Riegel to to Endingen. Many re-registrations show me that the region from their best side has presented itself and we stay in good memory. Many of the participants want to return, reconciles already within the next weeks. These came from Greece, Romania, Finland and from the north of England arrived furthest. The oldest driver was Pieter Janse from the Netherlands with 75 years.

In common with other motorcyclists from Riegel (district council Horst Adami, Karl-Eugen Klorer and Uwe Magiera, both from the study group place development and tourism) I self had the great fun with taking part in the two tours into the Black Forest and to the Alsace. The persons responsible of the meeting had chosen the visit of a battlefield in case of the journey from the first World War as inter-hold to the Alsace. All participants agreed that this motorcycle meeting also makes a contribution to the European international understanding seen impressed by it deeply.

The special gratitude for all organizers actingly is for Mr Helmut Koenen from Schwalmtal at the Niederrhein and Walter from Trossingen in the Black Forest.

This international motorcycle meeting takes place in other European countries the next years. Perhaps there is a repetition in Riegel and Endingen within five years.

Markus Jablonski
Mayor of Riegel

Liebe Bürgerinnen und Bürger,
manch eine(r) von Ihnen wird sich in der vergangenen Woche über die vielen Motorräder in Riegel gewundert haben. Die Erklärung hierfür ist einfach: Vor rund einem halben Jahr erhielt ich die Anfrage, ob die Gemeindeverwaltung ein internationales Motorradtreffen in Riegel unterstützen würde. Nach eingehender Prüfung habe ich das Einverständnis gegeben, getreu dem Sprichwort „Wer nicht wagt, .....“ und ich denke, es hat sich mehr als gelohnt, für Riegel, für den Kaiserstuhl insgesamt. Hier ein paar eindrucksvolle Zahlen:
Rund 300 Motorradfahrer/Innen aus 14 europäischen Ländern sorgten für rund 1.200 Übernachtungen von Kenzingen über Malterdingen und Riegel bis nach Endingen. Viele Rückmeldungen zeigen mir, dass sich die Region von ihrer besten Seite präsentiert hat und wir in guter Erinnerung bleiben. Viele der Teilnehmer wollen wiederkehren, einige bereits in den kommenden Wochen. Die am weitesten angereisten kamen aus Griechenland, Rumänien, Finnland und aus dem Norden von England. Der älteste Fahrer war Pieter Janse aus den Niederlanden mit 75 (!) Jahren.

Gemeinsam mit weiteren Motorradfahrern aus Riegel (Gemeinderat Horst Adami, Karl-Eugen Klorer und Uwe Magiera, beide aus dem Arbeitskreis Ortsentwicklung/Tourismus) hatte ich das große Vergnügen an den beiden Touren in den Schwarzwald und in das Elsaß teilzunehmen. Die Verantwortlichen des Treffens hatten bei der Fahrt ins Elsaß den Besuch eines Schlachtfeldes aus dem Ersten Weltkrieg als Zwischenhalt ausgesucht. Tief beeindruckt vom gesehenen waren sich alle Teilnehmer einig, dass auch dieses Motorradtreffen einen Beitrag zur europäischen Völkerverständigung leistet.

Stellvertretend für alle Organisatoren gilt der besondere Dank Herrn Helmut Koenen aus Schwalmtal am Niederrhein und Walter Merz aus Trossingen im Schwarzwald.

Die nächsten Jahre findet dieses internationale Motorradtreffen in anderen europäischen Ländern statt. Eventuell gibt es in fünf Jahren eine Wiederholung in Riegel und Endingen.
Ihr
Markus Jablonski
Bürgermeister

DmD-2005 in the Newspaper

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