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6 years agoI love this one! Feels so like coming home, metaphorically speaking.
6 years agoYou are right, it can! I hope it has cleared up for the coming weekend. I will have to take a look...
6 years agoI was thinking of your excellent advice this morning as we headed out. It was (and remained) a spectacular sunny day, but I put my rain gear, full finger gloves and tights right on top of my pannier and was ready for anything đ.
6 years agoHi Jacquie - when you eventually get here you will love it. The Dolomites are spectacular as you know. Our day to Arabba caught Kathleen a bit off guard as she was not quite mentally prepared for the climb over the Falzarego Pass. Its a 900 meter climb over 17 kms from Cortina to the summit at 2100 m plus a final gradual climb into Arraba. The 2 days around the Sella Ronda were great with the exception of soaking we got coming into Val Gardena. I checked out the website of Naked Bicycles ...hadnât heard of them. Exciting to get a new bike!!! You will love retirement and all the flexibity it brings...Keith
6 years agoLump? I donât recall lump as a type of land formation from my Geology 101 class.
6 years agoYou live in Victoria. It can certainly do that on the mainland and did so last weekend.
6 years agoWe really learned (relearned) a lesson. 25 MILES!!!! OMG, I donât think all the hot drinks and food in the world would have got me that far. We were saying this morning how lucky we were to be on the way down and not half way up...although I wouldnât have been as cold climbing but then we would still have had to face the descent.
6 years agoSorry to hear about your hypothermia. I had a similar incident with hypothermia but it happened when we still had 25 miles to get to the hotel we had already paid for. We stopped for multiple hot drinks at the first town we came to and I still was shaking so we had a hot meal. It took a couple hours but I was able to continue. Now I always carry a lot of extra layers.
6 years agoPS Shoes are still wet. Wool socks to the rescue.
6 years agoThat is exactly what it was đ. We are laughing this morning and talking about it. A bluebird morning here, but I am sure not counting on it staying that way today!
Kathleen
Type 2 fun?
6 years agoThank you Helen. I am looking at todayâs weather with a lot more attention! I am also going to dig all my gear out of the pannier if it rains today. I never want to be that cold and wet again!!!
Kathleen
It was quite the change and when it started we thought it would be a quick squall. Even on the west coast of Canada (which we fondly call the wet coast) it doesnât usually rain that hard for that extended a period. It was a good reminder to hope for the best but prepare for the worst đ. We did take our wet gear and I had my tights but thinking squall when it momentarily let up we left our tree and by the time we got to the next shelter I was so wet I didnât put them on as it seemed pointless although when I look back on it I certainly should have. I should also have added layers under my goretex jacket but I didnât want to take it off đ. It was a combination of descent and rain that did me in. I was ridiculously cold. Lesson learned the hard way. The road bikers in their spandex kit were in a real pickle. One thing about Europe versus Aus or Canada is you are never far from help. Next time we may call a cab! Thanks so much for writing.
Kathleen
This photo is garnering lots of likes, but no telling if it is the lovely cyclist or the cute dog!
6 years ago