Day 29 I had decided to have a true rest day after several days of mountain riding. I headed down to breakfast at 9am where I caught up with Bill and Joan. They were going to have a low key day as well so we decided to catch up at 11am and have a look around town. Our guide suggested that we may wish to take the train to "Jungfraujoch Top Of Europe"  http://www.raileurope.com/activit ies/jungfraujoch/index.html However, at 200 euro we decided that it was bey...

Day 28 The previous night while eating dinner we could see lightning striking the mountains in the distance. Within half an hour the wind had come up and ten minutes later heavy rain began to fall. The rain, lightning and thunder persisted all through the night and we awoke to a very wet and cold morning. I ride leader decided to change routes for the day, missing the passes he knew would be blanketed with cloud. This still meant that we had a ride of 321km in ra...

Day 25 Today we have 274 kilometres to ride and we set off at 8am. I volunteered to be tail end charlie today. That way I could see how everyone rode and do my own thing at the back of the pack. The first 70km of todays ride was on main roads and motorways until we reached Bellagio on the shore of Lake Como. This was our coffee stop for the morning and Our embarkation point for the ferry across the lake to Menaggio. It had turned in to a very hot and humid day wi...