7 th day - Many summits and reaching a sense of flow ...! I did not sleep too well but was excited about the days ride. Up early and showered backing up my video we were astounded at the breakfast - it looked pretty dismal when Zmicier and I first arrived that Italian dry toast and jam. We had decent coffee then the waiter came to us and said you like ...ham and ... we of course nodded and Zmicier who speaks Italian responded. Then they brought out left over P...

Day 5 TET The previous night I went to the pub owned by Frank & Fenice he was a real laugh. Pub La foglizzo also served food so I had salmon pasta. They told me about an Orange throwing cultural carnival similar to that of tomato throwing in Spain (see picture on wall) it looked like really good fun but oranges hurt more than tomatoes and they showed me pics of serious bruising. Eating brekky little B&B small village. Owners son Riccardo has just drop...

Woke at 7 am the mist was rising over the lake and the snow topped peaks in the Alps were simply magnificent, I hope my pictures come out. I went to get my camera and while I had some tech to sort just marvelled at the snow topped 4000 metre peaks. The Alps dominated all of the vistas today and the riding from the start. Leaving yet another amazing camp site the Alps dominated and could be seen from every angle. The Alpine region area contains about a hundred p...

Wild cold night - phone needed to be warmed up in sleeping bag to get it to work. Struggling to get out of my warm cocoon bag given it’s still windy and cold outside. Had in tent excellent brekky - strong coffee with some olive oil Pitta bread jam and local soft sheeps cheese. My watch seems to have lost an hour as it’s 7.30 and watch time says 6.30, its had a good long tough life and is no longer waterproof. Saw some nice watches in Switzerland but they we...

Sometimes you just have to listen to your body and the weather forecast and have a day off, well sort of! A grey day with rain forecast and storm warning for tonight. After several 1 euro coffees and posting a short trip video to FB (as that was the only one that would allow me to post...). I dragged my feet back to the tent around noon. Packed slowly and was feeling lethargic with low mojo. On way to shower I met an Italian preparing some wild mushrooms or F...