With the plan to ride on to Florence today, we spent some time last night looking at weather forecasts. Every site we looked at said there was going to be rain and storms, they just all said a different thing about when the rain and storms were going to start and finish. We tried to... Continue Reading →

Sunday October 11 Well, today was really just a nothing kind of day. We spent it in front of computers and iPads, trying to finalise arrangements, plans and bookings for the remainder of the trip. We still didn’t get everything done, but made some progress with the things that need doing. We did stop for elevenses... Continue Reading →

Thursday, October 8 Sometimes the mundane gets in the way of the interesting. Today's ride was held up slightly by the Code Orange laundry situation. We'd been having some trouble finding a lavandaria, so when we located one that was on our route out of Rovigo, we decided to take the opportunity while it presented... Continue Reading →

No rain this morning! Yippedy-yi-yay! Only fog. We were hoping the fog would clear or thin, so we could at least be visible on the road. With breakfast provided by the hotel, we wandered downstairs expecting to see the usual buffet options. Instead, we were met and escorted to our table by the friendly waitress,... Continue Reading →

What’s that I hear out the window? Is it? Open the curtains and take a glance at…the rain! Oh well, we did have sunshine yesterday, so here we go again with the sun being swiftly followed by rain. We packed up, zipped into our slicks, hopped on the bikes and pedalled out into the soggy... Continue Reading →

Sunday, October 4 What was that I was saying about being drenched!? Why did I use those words! We had planned to ride on today, but with the morning greeting us with pouring rain and storms forecast throughout the day, we decided to dodge the rain and lightning completely and sit it out for another... Continue Reading →

Friday, October 2 Another day in Venice and a day spent on the water. Well, that’s what Venice is famous for isn’t it? We have to get on the water! We took the train from our neighbourhood on the outskirts of Padova, into Venezia and immediately bought our tickets for the water bus and hopped on.... Continue Reading →

Our friendly hotel put on a magnificent breakfast spread for us, so we filled up on muesli and fruit and toast and headed out into another windy, chilly, grey day to continue our Italian adventure. Venezia was ours to explore. We walked the short distance to the train station and on arrival, discovered that it... Continue Reading →

“I think we’re in England again,” said Steve as we rode into another grey, chilly and windy day. Yes, there were certainly some features of today’s ride that were quite similar to those we were doing a couple of months ago. It was a little bit warmer though, it was 14C! We got off to... Continue Reading →

This little journey we are on isn’t all milestones, scenery, discoveries and pedalling through new and amazing places, sometimes it’s just about doing something ordinary. Today was that day. A day of housekeeping, chores and just spending time in the very ordinary, mundane activities of life! Consequently there isn’t much to report about today. I... Continue Reading →