John Powell

Born and bred in Pietermaritzburg, capital city of KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. Lived, worked and travelled in Southern Africa, with a brief spell in Europe (late sixties), moved permanently to the UK in 1990. After a Rhine river cruise in 1994, I decided to test the possibility of cycling alongside the entire length of the Rhine River. In May-June 1995, starting in England, I made my way to the old mouth of the Rhine river at Katwijk in the Netherlands, and headed inland through Germany and France to Switzerland. Since then I have cycled this route and many diversions along the way, in both directions, in all weathers and in all seasons of the year, a great number of times. I have also cycled extensively in North-West France and Belgium.