Tim Beatham

Tim Beathamhttps://tim-beatham.com/Recent content on Tim BeathamHugoen-gbSun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000Abouthttps://tim-beatham.com/about/Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://tim-beatham.com/about/<h2 id="hallo-wie-gehts">Hallo, Wie Geht’s?</h2> <p>You have stumbled on the site of Tim.</p> <p>I am a software developer from Edinburgh working for Ciena and an ex-student at St. Andrews university. This site is going to be “mishmash” of blogs. Blogs about trips I have been on, projects I am working on, or even attempting to write German.</p> <p>Currently I am attempting to learn German (hence the current title). So the blogs may break into German sentences. For example: <em>Am Samstag habe ich FUßball Gespielt</em>.</p><link>https://tim-beatham.com/posts/2026-04-bikepacking/day01/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://tim-beatham.com/posts/2026-04-bikepacking/day01/</guid><description><h1 id="day-01-amsterdam-to-utrecht">Day 01: Amsterdam to Utrecht</h1> <p>This is my first post of the cycling trip as I speak I’m typing this in a tent in the outskirts of Utrecht (with Nvim and Termux). I was worried that I was going to be too cold tonight so I’ve wrapped up with two jumpers.</p> <p>Today we’ve disembarked from the ferry at the DFDS Amsterdam ferry terminal; cycled to Amsterdam and got a burger; got a coffee and a cake at Weesp; cycled to Utrecht along the Vecht canal.</p></description></item><item><title/><link>https://tim-beatham.com/posts/2026-04-bikepacking/day02/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://tim-beatham.com/posts/2026-04-bikepacking/day02/</guid><description><h1 id="day-02-utrecht-to-arnhem">Day 02: Utrecht to Arnhem</h1> <h2 id="utrecht-city-centre">Utrecht city centre</h2> <p>We started the day out in Utrecht where we got a coffee, pastry and a spanakopita for the road.</p> <p><img src="https://tim-beatham.com/posts/2026-04-bikepacking/day02/2026-04-22-domkirk.jpg" alt="Domkirk"></p> <p>Utrecht is bleeding lovely! It has a gothic cathedral (the Domkerk) which you can see above. The city centre consists of a series of canals which have two tiers, the street above the canal and the cellars below (near the water surface). These were traditionally used for storage in the middle ages and are now host cafés and bars.</p></description></item><item><title/><link>https://tim-beatham.com/posts/2026-04-bikepacking/day03/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://tim-beatham.com/posts/2026-04-bikepacking/day03/</guid><description><h1 id="day-03-and-04-arnhem-to-köln">Day 03 and 04: Arnhem to Köln</h1> <p>I only got to day 02 before I gave up on writing the blog on the trip. I found it too much to cycle all day and then write up a blog. I’ve got some catching up to do.</p> <h2 id="getting-to-the-german-border">Getting to the German border</h2> <p><img src="https://tim-beatham.com/posts/2026-04-bikepacking/day03/2026-04-23-arnhem.jpg" alt="Passing through Arnhem"></p> <p>We cheated a little bit, we cycled to the German border and then got a train from Kleve to Köln. In the morning we cycled along the Rijn/Rhine to the German border towards Kleve. We headed south through the city centre heading towards the Rhine. We used the Veerdinest Millingen - Pannerden ferry to cross the river, which brought us walking distance to Germany! There wasn’t a sign telling us that we entered Germany. All there was, was a sign in German.</p></description></item><item><title/><link>https://tim-beatham.com/posts/2026-04-bikepacking/day05/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://tim-beatham.com/posts/2026-04-bikepacking/day05/</guid><description><h1 id="day-05-leaving-köln-bonn-and-schloss-drachenburg">Day 05: Leaving Köln, Bonn and Schloss Drachenburg</h1> <h2 id="leaving-köln">Leaving Köln</h2> <p>We left Köln at about 10:30 in the morning heading towards Bonn. The aim of the day was to make it to the town Bad Hönnigen where we would be able to make Koblenz the next day. I felt sad leaving Köln; I really enjoyed the city and was warming to Kölsch in the end. I think there is something to be said about how sociable the drink made people.</p></description></item><item><title/><link>https://tim-beatham.com/posts/2026-04-bikepacking/day06/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://tim-beatham.com/posts/2026-04-bikepacking/day06/</guid><description><h1 id="day-06-bad-hönnigen-to-koblenz">Day 06: Bad Hönnigen to Koblenz</h1> <h2 id="passing-vineyards">Passing Vineyards</h2> <p>We left Bad Hönnigen in the morning heading for Koblenz. Along the way we passed the first set of vineyards of the Rhine Valley. For me, this was going to be the most exciting part of the trip. I had always wanted to go and see the region with its many castles and vineyards.</p> <p><img src="https://tim-beatham.com/posts/2026-04-bikepacking/day06/2026-04-26-vineyards.jpg" alt="Vineyards on the way to Koblenz"></p> <h2 id="arriving-in-koblenz">Arriving in Koblenz</h2> <p>We reached Koblenz at around 13:00 where we had lunch at a Syrian restaurant. I’ve never had the cuisine before, but it was a phenomenal experience. We both got ‘Syrian pizzas’ that consisted of spinach, cheese and walnuts. We found the restaurant when wandering through Koblenz’s industrial park.</p></description></item></channel></rss>