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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Today’s ride on Komoot This morning, I had two layers on in the first part of the ride. It’s been a long time since I’ve needed more than a t-shirt and shorts. I was looking forward to this. Dimitsana is perched on a steep rocky hill and my route would take me along and up …
Today’s ride on Komoot What a terrible sleep. There was a very spirited conversation going on near my door by the owners and it woke me at 12:30am. Half an hour later, I pleaded with them to be quieter – and was successful but the damage was done. I was wide awake for another hour …
Today’s ride on Komoot Today was a big day of climbing. That’s something I need to get used to here. After China and the Stans, I have more confidence in my ability to get the job done regardless of how high I have to go. However today was tougher than most, but really rewarding too. …
Today’s ride on Komoot I started by heading to the main town after my muesli and coffee by the beach. I can’t say I was in the greatest mood, as the big guy in the next tent snored like a truck all night. All was good in town though. I had a fantastic omelette and …
Today’s ride on Komoot The holiday finished last night. My inactivity had to finish at some time so this morning I rode down to Piraeus and took a ferry to Poros. The start wasn’t exactly auspicious, as I almost immediately took a wrong turn. I had planned the trip the night before, glanced at the …
Today’s ride on Komoot There were 70 kilometres that needed to be done today before I could put my feet up and have a break. I was intending to ride on a busy secondary road today, but after a few kilometres, it was just too ugly. I followed my nose which càn often be catastrophic, …
Today’s ride on Komoot This was a tailwind day of the highest order. That was good because it wasn’t too exciting and I was on some fairly busy roads at times. It was good to get today over with, and the same can be said of the rest of the way to Kusadasi. Today was …
Today’s ride on Komoot Today’s short 41kms to Bergama will tip me over 6000kms for the trip so that’s a nice number to hit, heading into a break. My route was through an agricultural area today. There were lots of ripe tomatoes that had me wondering why they hadn’t been harvested. As well, there were …
