1959 – Beauring & Trier

Beauring and Trier

1959

Carl Eherenzeller organised a tour under the heading of ”St. Christopher’s Tourists” . Mr. James Bastow recalls that about 30 riders were invited to Victoria Railway Station. They had come from various parts of the country Liverpool, London. the Grant-Scarves family from High Wycombe, Terry Hollamby, Manchester, Ged. Taylor , Oldham and Carl from Birmingham.

Riders were paired up to share tents and to distribute the panier loads between themselves.

London Victoria, train to BRUXELLES via Dover.

Cycling commenced and following a break at a religious house in the Poelaert Square Palais de Justice, WATERLOO Lions Mound memorial site , NIVELLES camp site.

NAMUR, River Meuse. YVOIR, DINANT, BEAURING visit to the chapel, of Our Lady of Beauring ,Virgin of the Golden Heart where She appeared in1932 to 5 children.

HANSE SUR LESSE, Visit by boat Grottes de Han limestone caves, camp site.

ST. HUBERT, MARTELANGE, ARLON. LUXEMBOURG, WASSERBILLIG. TRIER

Trier High Cathedral of St. Peter, seamless robe of Jesus worn at the Crucifiction

River Moselle, BERNKASTELL, disaster with a broken free wheel

Eifel Mountains., PRUM, ST. VITH, MALMEDY, SPA FRANCORCHAMPS, camp site

BRUXELLES.

JAMES comments :

“Was it good? Super route, Carl was very laid back, and everyone did their own thing, even to widely varying routes sometimes. I do remember we ended up two missing on a campsite one side of the Meuse whilst the main road was on the other side, and Carl asked me to go and stand the other side of the bridge to guide the missing pair in. Some hours later it got dark, and I went back to find that they had come a different way, and Carl had forgotten about me ! It certainly left me some memories as it was my first venture into continental Europe. The route was easy for me as in the UK I was used to 100+ miles per day.”!