by nickpannaman | Jun 8, 2017 | blog, Italy | Mountains to Venice
62 miles cycled – 1350 feet climbed. What can I say? Another beautiful sunny, warm day. Our first 40 miles was as flat as a pancake as we crossed the River Po Plain with only the occasional rise as we went up on to a dyke or crossed a river or canal. Today we...
by nickpannaman | Jun 7, 2017 | blog, Italy | Mountains to Venice
78 miles cycled – 3100 feet climbed. Today was fabulous. The sky was blue and the view from our hotel room was the perfect start to the day: Aside from the fact that there were a lot of lifts and very few signs we hadn’t noticed much about our hotel until...
by nickpannaman | Jun 6, 2017 | blog, Italy | Mountains to Venice
58 miles ridden – 5400 feet climbed. I had forgotten how much noise frogs make when there are a lot of them in a calm, safe pond with lots of insects to eat. They started at dusk and finished at dawn – I just hope all the noise was worth it! Much of today...
by nickpannaman | Jun 5, 2017 | blog, Italy | Mountains to Venice
63 miles ridden – 5900 feet climbed Boring isn’t it? Another fabulous day cycling in the sunshine. Last night’s hotel was very luxurious and we both slept very well indeed so it was a rude awakening to go in for breakfast and find ourselves...
by nickpannaman | Jun 4, 2017 | blog, Italy | Mountains to Venice
73 miles ridden – 4800 feet climbed. It’s a clichè but another fabulous day’s riding which followed breakfast in the garden of the hotel which was a lovely start to the day. The first 40 miles or so was rolling hills – nothing too extreme...
