It's the bean sprouts and a day on DB,

 Due in part to Mrs Nikos' work commitments and also to my long held philosophy that being in motion is  better than arriving, I had the recent pleasure of a long weekend of onward motion of multi-modal travel around Northern Europe involving,  variously but not exclusively limited to, motorcycling, flying, cycling and finally training on German railways  from Cloppenberg to Frankfurt Airport to find an aircarft emblazoned with the image of an alcoholic footballer, whilst dodging volcanic clouds and e-coli infection.  Here are the highlights:-

Before leaving home for the airport I check on the state of Northern European air traffic on this super website---->>> plane spotters are anoraks . com

I have found a super place to park at Manchester airport for free and close to the terminals - it's well lit and very close to the Police station.

This is a super treat after a balls aching cycle ride up the Taunus

This is my super XXL cycle  - just a pity that the saddle is not more comfortable.

This is where weetabix comes from - super!

Spotted on the streets of Wiesbaden this super pre- bricked inspection junction for the new town drainage system

This is the super grotto where Dick von Turpin lived in the woods near Wiesbaden

This super chair is made from bits of aluminium reclaimed from a downed Boeing B17 found in the woods near Wiesbaden

This is an American "sports" car - "super".

I never understood why the Germans are so against the super gift from God of that giant Atomic Fusion reactor in the sky a.k.a .the sun?

Now I'm visiting the super open air Museum where just before commencement of the Great Patriotic War , historic buildings in Holland were demolished, moved from their original location to Cloppenberg in Lower Saxony and then reconstructed to form the MuseumDorf.

This windmill drive is what inspired Max Friz to conceive the legendary shaft drive system for those super BMW motorcycles, much in the same away Reginald Mitchell was inspired by seagulls to design the Vickers-Supermarine Spitfire

After a brief morning at the open air musuem, I leave Cloppenberg by a super looking regional diesel multiple unit.  I find it strange that these German Diesel Flyers are direct drive with 6 speed gearboxes and are therefore quite noisy to travel in.  In England we would have diesel electric transmissions.

At Osnabruck HbF I transfer to an Inter City train that ultimately follows the Rhine with super views.

Why oh why does Jack Walker choose to spoil this super deHavilland -8 series 400 aircraft with a picture of George Best?

The approach to Manchester airport is from the north west and I get a super view of  runway 23R and super bright approach lights  as we turn onto finals.