I was in Puglia for just over 3 weeks and had a great time. The highlight was the 8 days riding with Timo, and catching up with him and Kath over the ten days that we were all in Puglia. Kath did a solo trek while we were riding. Most of the villages were absolutely …
Today’s ride on Komoot Last night, I went to Vincenzo’s recommended restaurant, run by his cousin. I was the only customer at 8pm so Dario, a younger relative looked after me and told me all about their food etc. As is the trend, all food was grown and prepared within 50kms of Bitonto. Dario is …
Today’s ride on Komoot Today would be an easy run up the coast with an occasional tailwind followed by a ride inland to Bitonto. I really didn’t know what to expect. I had to pay tourist tax of 6 euros but only had a 5 or a 20, and I had to leave it in …
Today’s ride on Komoot It was time to move. Brindisi just didn’t do it for me. I mean, it’s nice but it’s also a transit point to and from Greece. So, I doubt the locals really care about tourists, and fair enough. I left in some traffic but soon joined a very strange cycleway. It …
Today’s ride on Komoot I’m still lazy in the mornings and just made it onto the street at 10am, and went straight out of the place. I tried to resolve my phone problems last night but they wanted nearly 25 euros to activate a prepaid SIM card that would only work in Italy. It sounded …
Today’s ride on Komoot What a day. I woke up a little tired. It’s time for another rest but I just haven’t found a place here where I’d like to stay for a few days. Maybe in Puglia. I had breakfast at the BnB and got going. Outside, I loaded the days ride into my …
Today’s ride on Komoot The BnB is another that does an off site breakfast. It’s a good idea, especially at this time of the year. So, I went to another bustling cafe, this time just a couple of doors down the road. They were doing a roaring trade, with people dropping in for an espresso …
Today’s ride on Komoot The BnB was a bit disorganised and uncommunicative. I had to ask for things like wifi and what the breakfast arrangements were. Breakfast turned out to be provided by a cafe 400 metres away. They’re famous for their cornettos / croissants and boy, they were good. It was a bustling place …
I had the minimal breakfast on offer and went down the road for a healthy donut and coffee. The waitress had a chuckle when I ordered in Italian and she gave a nod of approval. The chuckle was probably more about my pronunciation. It’s a pity that’s about all I can say. So I headed …
Having stayed directly opposite the entrance to the ferry port, it was going to be a simple task to get across the Strait of Messina to Villa San Giovanni. I had coffee and some breakfast over the road then went to the ticket office, to be told to go-to the next entrance up the road. …
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