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Hi,
Back when I was still leading cycle tours I’d tell the guests not to complain about the hills, that’s what makes the scenery!
Cheers,
Keith
Hi,
Very cool that you could visit Guido’s. Maybe I should have mentioned the climb. Funny, it didn’t seem so bad when I was there eight years ago….
As for Guido’s cycling: he once had a tour that he was guiding in Piemonte followed by another in Toscana separated by two days. Of course he rode his bike from his house to Montefalcone in a single day before leading the second tour. The local cycling clubs like to stop at the cascina for fuel. Always plenty of tales from the road up there!
Cheers,
Keith
That’s such a scary situation, trapped like that. I was anxious about Rachael behind me also. I could seldom see her back there, and really couldn’t afford to look in the mirror very often. Nothing to do but ride it out and trust to fate.
It’s surprising that I’ve never noticed before how completely the river splits the north for cyclists for such a wide swath. We’ve crossed it three time before this - near Brescello, at Ferrara, and down on the delta. None of them were bad at all, so I didn’t give it much thought thinking about this one.
It was bad, but not awful - not the worst bridge crossing of our lives. It makes so much difference that trucks are banned from this one, and oddly enough it probably helps that it’s so narrow and busy - there’s no real temptation to pass in a crazy situation. The drivers were surprisingly patient about queueing up behind the bikes.
3 years agoI understand exactly what you are saying about cycling in the Po valley - great at first then it wears thin which was the very reason we pulled the plug at Piacensa in 2019 and took the train to Genoa. As far as the bridges are concerned on our first trip in about 2000 we rode from London to Rome We were absolutely clueless at the time and crossing the Po valley had to ride over a massive scary bridge - Ken says the only way he knew I was still alive was that the trucks kept coming NEVER AGAIN
3 years agoWe have had a pretty scary crossing of the Po, too, but not so long as what you described. Sounded awful. But you survived.
3 years agoOh, thanks. I shouldn’t read your comments while having my morning coffee. It makes for a messy situation.
3 years agoVery nice. I wondered if this would be intelligible to anyone.
3 years agoI hope Italy doesn't have Daylight Savings Time because that really screws up 4 o'clocks.
3 years agoI expected something like this from you.
3 years agoNo enemies that I can recall. More likely I was doing something wrong when standing the bike up.
3 years agoNo but I want to.
3 years agoThose are yesterday's blossoms. Mine are done blooming for the year.
3 years agoHow interesting! Right up Don's alley as he loves licorice.
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