by nickpannaman | Sep 19, 2025 | blog, Pisa to Sicily
70.6 miles ridden – 772m climbed – Temperature 30C. We went for an early start today so that we could break the back of our 22 miles of climbing in the cooler morning hours and because the sun is behind the mountains there is much more shade. The climb...
by nickpannaman | Sep 18, 2025 | blog, Pisa to Sicily
59.6 miles ridden – 942m climbed – Temperature 31C. Today felt like a long day but that may be because we stopped for a somewhat lengthy coffee break and also a lunch stop. Sapri looked quite charming this morning and I even took in some sculpture on the...
by nickpannaman | Sep 17, 2025 | blog, Pisa to Sicily
46 miles ridden – 1126m climbed – Temperature 28C (most of the time!) Today was a ride of two halves – the first climb and the second climb. The first climb started about 1 mile from the hotel high is always hard as it takes me about 20 minutes to...
by nickpannaman | Sep 16, 2025 | blog, Pisa to Sicily
53 miles ridden – 794m climbed – Temperature 29C Today was a good day. The first 20 miles or so was flat which was a nice start although the road was quite busy for the first 12 miles or so after which it quietened down nicely. Sadly we weren’t right next...
by nickpannaman | Sep 15, 2025 | blog, Pisa to Sicily
48 miles ridden – 1004m climbed – Temperature 30C. The first four miles were an assault course of potholes, closed roads, buses, school drop-offs and impatient drivers as we made our way out of Pompeii towards todays big climb. There weren’t any especially...
