The Italian Job starts Saturday

May 22, 2017 | blog, Italy | Mountains to Venice

On Saturday morning we fly out to Munich to meet up with the other members of our Group. You can view a detailed summary of our trip via the link below.

Italy Tour Summary May 2017

We have all the detailed daily sheets so now know that we will be cycling 725 miles. We have done our training – maybe not as much as we would have liked – but Italy awaits.

The blog starts in earnest on Saturday 27th May.

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