Absolute Client Services Comments On Frankfurt Man Riding Bike To Essex

March 29, 2012 - PRLog -- 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.

“The last time it was for Andy's 60th birthday,” said Werner, “I chose to do this because cycling is rather cheap and it's a good way of meeting people and you get to see the landscape. It's a very great way of travelling.”

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 taking it to another level. You’d need a lot of stamina to manage a trip like that, and for a guy in his late 50’s that’s pretty amazing.”

A few years ago Werner suffered from a brain tumour, from which he miraculously recovered. “It was hard,” he said, “I needed a lot of energy to get over the tumour and I didn't stop working. Afterwards, when it was gone I retired and since then I have had a lot more time to go travelling.”

While this was a first for Werner, Andy, a retired plumber, has travelled the world on his bike, and in 1975 he took just over two years to make his way back to Essex from Indonesia, where he bought his current bike. The 63-year-old is grateful to his friend for making such an effort to see him, saying, “He was brave but it really is the best form of transport – you're not polluting everything and you meet so many people every time you stop.”

Our source at Absolute Client Services said, “It’s a really inspiring story, and it really highlights how much more we could all do. As well as that, if everyone had an attitude like this, the environment would be in a lot better state. If Werner can cycle 500 miles we could all at least manage to cycle to work every day.”

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