Today’s ride on Komoot I had an easy start but it wasn’t easy finding some breakfast. Again, there were plenty of people drinking tea and coffee but very few eating. I ended up at a bakery beside some roadworks back near my BnB and had a spanakopita. The Greek influence is everywhere here. So I …
Today’s ride on Komoot I left full of trepidation for the day. While I’m looking forward to taking some time off in Sarande, I have a mountain pass to negotiate at just over 1000 metres – and I’m approaching it from sea level Sorry for the numbers, but today will have more than 1500 metres …
Today’s ride on Komoot Today’s decision – down the coast or backtrack a bit and hit the hills up to Lake Ohrid, then into Greece and to Meteora, but there’s no rest and planning time in that route. At the last minute, I decided to follow the coast and have some time off in Sarandë. …
Today’s ride on Komoot I spent another day in Bari as the ferry to Durrës in Albania, only left at 10pm. I left the BnB as late as possible then rode slowly into the old town for the usual coffee and croissant. This time, I had a donut because there were no plain, normal, unfilled …
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 …
