Staff at Absolute Client Services, an Essex-based sales and marketing company, were
surprised to learn of the dedication of a man from Frankfurt this week.
He decided
to drop in and see his good friend Andy Greenhalgh, in Essex this week, after
travelling...
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Staff at Absolute Client Services, an Essex-based sales and marketing company, were
surprised to learn of the dedication of a man from Frankfurt this week.
He decided
to drop in and see his good friend Andy Greenhalgh, in Essex this week, after
travelling for nearly a week on his bicycle.
Werner Stumpf, 58, from Frankfurt,
cycled more than 500 miles to visit his bike-mad friend in Essex.
He decided to
visit Andy because they hadn?t seen each other for three years.
Previously, Werner has crossed the Alps and ridden along the Rhine valley in
Germany, but this challenge was unlike any he?d taken on before.
He journeyed
through Frankfurt, The Netherlands, and across the Channel to Harwich, where he was
met by Andy, who accompanied him on his bike for the 40-mile trip back to Great
Baddow.
?Once or twice I took the wrong way so I did some extra miles too," said
Werner.
Our source at Absolute Client Services said, ?I go to the gym every week, and I
thought I was quite fit, but that?s
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