I spent a week riding around Tuscany with my daughter Minou from Sep 28 to Oct 4. We’ve done that before. A couple of years ago, we rode from Trieste, Italy to Lake Bled in Slovenia and back to Ljubljana, and Timo and I spent a week or so riding through Puglia earlier in that …
Today’s ride on Komoot As luck would have it, the campground restaurant was open for breakfast, so it was coffee and croissants for a change for me. It was still disappointingly windy, cool and uninviting beside the lake though. I’d imagine on a decent day, this place would be beautiful. This would also be my …
End of another section – Castiglione del lago to Arezzo Read More »
Today’s ride on Komoot After a quick breakfast, I packed and headed down into the town for a quick second breakfast. It was full of people already with no seats outside but inside was where the regulars convened and it was again the typical Italian standup cafe bar experience for me. Assisi is built on …
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Today’s ride on Komoot Today looked easy until the last four or five kilometres. That’s when it went vertical due to the historical Italian penchant for building villages on hills. I don’t care about them defending themselves from constant raiders and marauders; I only care about the effort I have to put in. And the …
Today’s ride on Komoot Heading out the door, I nearly collected a car zooming down the small road. It made me wonder how many accidents people have just walking out their front doors in this country. Rieti is well served with bike lanes through the town and well into the outskirts. There were lots of …
Today’s ride on Komoot The B&B is very nice and also provides breakfast. Yesterday, the family asked me if I’d like to join them for breakfast and you simply can’t refuse offers like that. They’re lovely. Both parents work at the school and their ten year old daughter used the time to practice her English. …
A day with a bit of everything – L’Aquila to Rieti Read More »
Today’s ride on Komoot The breakfast provided at the restaurant was quite amazing, and the Macchiatos were first class. Italy is a winner already. The food and coffee so far had been outstanding. I enjoyed the downhill out of town and sympathised with the roadies on the way up, but only to a point. Yesterday …
Today’s ride on Komoot I sampled the great breakfast provided at the B&B and headed off. I could have done with a few more hours sleep or a rest day but I left, looking forward to the downhill to start the day. My first act of the day after setting off, was to make a …
Today’s ride on Komoot Getting off the ferry took ages. By the time I retrieved the knives and got going, an hour had passed. My plan was to take the train from Bari to Pescara, then Chieti and ride up the hill into town and stay at a B&B. I couldn’t leave Bari without at …
Olympia to Brinia on Komoot Brinia to Patras on Komoot This was two days of uninteresting riding. Some of it was through quite under privileged areas, lots of agriculture but generally flat roads with the traffic growing in both volume and impatience as I neared Patras The highlight was a night camping at the beach …
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