Soft, Strong and ... What more can you wish for when cycling than a tailwind, flat shores and good views. Oh, if every day could be like this...although there'd be no blog for you to read if it was all as easy as that, now would there? Finding the one and only campsite still open, we cooked alone on the beach at sunset (best we don't say anything about the haute-ness of the cuisine so as not to ruin the idyllic ambience). By the way, what is it with communal t...

A Haiku for You (inspired by Baldrick) Boom, Boom, Boom, Booooom, Boom. Waterproofs not proof from storms. Harsh words. Reconciled. Day 52.9km (Total 1483.3km)

You Want a Pisa Me?...Come get Some Yes, that is literally the view from our hotel window. Better tell you how we got there, eh... Although we didn't realise at first and somewhat dumbly thought that an awful lot of towns had a main road called Via Aurelia, we eventually twigged that the coastal route running from Genoa right through to Rome is part of the 2000 year old Aurelian Way, or later extensions of it. So, apparently, all roads do lead to Rome (apart fr...

Enough of This Brokespokery! When we said that this coastline was steep and hilly, that was when we were contouring around it. That was before we had to tackle it directly! While the motorway tunnelled and bridged in a straight line below us, we were going up and up and up and...Good God, where's the top of this hill? Suffice to say, it took the best part of the afternoon just to coast down the other side. R's bike celebrated reaching the bottom by breaking yet...

Formula Nun Although Genoa does look a lot better by daylight than at midnight, it is still very much a working port and traffic-rich environment. If you think driving in Italy is stressful, you should try going a few rounds with the mopeds and trolley-buses on a bike. Accordingly, we took only passing notice of the underpass painted with cats, the recreated pirate ship and aquarium as we negotiated the Monaco-style Grand Prix road out of Genoa along the coast....