Holthausen

Cycling from London to Holthausen: 520km in 51hrs

12 April 2023

Ulf’s from a village in Germany, he’d always mentioned that I should visit sometimes. At Easter around there they always have big fires, where they stack ‘old christmas trees’ in a huge stack and burn them. Different villages stack them differently.

It sounded fun! I suggested we ride there. So after a few years of not being organised enough, Ulf planned it all out.

We left London at 3pm on a Wednesday and arrived at 6pm on the Friday.

London - 120km - Harwich

~ Ferry ~

Hoek Van Holland - 240km - Erle

~ Sleep ~

Erle - 160km - Holthausen

Jon Heslop in his house — Self-portrait, 09/02/25 — Fujifilm X-Pro3, Leica Summilux-M 50 ƒ/1.4, ASPH

About me

Jon Heslop is a web developer based in Walthamstow, he lives with his wife Rebecca and their dog, Maude. He enjoys cycling, cooking and hanging out with friends.

Enough of the third person... I was born in London, grew up on the Wirral before coming of age in the Midlands (somehow that’s the accent that mostly stuck). I went to university in London and then spent a while in West Wales.

I’ve been building websites since I was a teenager and I have been very lucky with the places and people I’ve worked with over the years.

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