Tuesday 25 June 2024
For some reason I found this vaguely amusing. Maybe delirious after our hike? Should find something to eat, eh? 
Tuesday 25 June 2024
Part two of our hike today. The impossibly beautiful Lago d'Arpy. Lost for words!
Tuesday 25 June 2024
Easy hike through pine forest carpeted with buttercups to Belvedere d'Arpy, which has an amazing view of Mt Blanc!
Tuesday 25 June 2024
Couple of views up and down the Aosta Valley from Sarre. What a beautiful place!!
Monday 24 June 2024
Today's ride: Col du Grand-Saint-Bernard. 40km climb from Aosta to frozen lake, down Swiss side & back. Spectacular!
Sunday 23 June 2024
Spotted in Settimo Vittone, Italy: Jesus is my Airbag. So that explains Italian drivers?!
Saturday 22 June 2024
Lunch at Camping Solcio: bit swish for a campsite restaurant! Very nice pizza (pepperoni FTW!), pasta & seafood. Nom!
Saturday 22 June 2024
Today's ride: Little pootle in the hills above Lake Maggiore. Always beautiful... and even the weather came good! 
Saturday 22 June 2024
Well this is alright! Camping right by Lake Maggiore. Even a little beach here, but not hot enough to warrant a swim.
Friday 21 June 2024
Benvenuto a Lago Maggiore! Been a great day... if you're a duck! Blue skies tomorrow?
Friday 21 June 2024
Random pizza in Vercelli. Nice, but last one was better. Still not 100% satisfied though - more testing required!
Friday 21 June 2024
Nice view passing Barolo today. We would have stayed here for couple days if the weather was better. Doh!
Thursday 20 June 2024
HC climb to Prato Nevso on an overcast day... no, in drizzle... no, in torrential rain! At least it was warm-ish
Thursday 20 June 2024
Sometimes it's just nice to know you're not the slowest on the mountain...
Wednesday 19 June 2024
Sanctuary of the Nativity of Mary, Vicoforte. Very ornate inside. Beautiful square with archways opposite. Love it!
Wednesday 19 June 2024
Orange trees as shade? Odd choice! Plenty of ripe fruit already fallen so no wonder locals don't wash their cars
Wednesday 19 June 2024
I'm not a coffee person, but... this is Italy where it seems illegal to go out early & not order one at a cafe!
Wednesday 19 June 2024
Obligatory bakery craving photo ... Italian edition.
Wednesday 19 June 2024
Dawn stroll at Diano Marina. Beach culture in Italy is bit of a shock for us Aussies. I just don't get it! 
Tuesday 18 June 2024
Dinner & short stroll around Diano Marina. We just stopped here by chance but turns out to be a lovely little town 
Tuesday 18 June 2024
Bit overdressed for the beach? Nice dusk stroll along the front at Diano Marina (Italian Riviera) all the same
Tuesday 18 June 2024
Italian supermarket parking... ciao bella!
Tuesday 18 June 2024
Sanger & chips picnic lunch. Does it get any more pommie? Overlooking Cap Ferrat? OK, so slightly more exotic! 
Tuesday 18 June 2024
Tourrettes-sur-Loup, Col de Vence - no pics as no view from top - & the spectacular Gorges du Loup. Awesome ride!
Monday 17 June 2024
Tootle in hills of the French Riviera. Some seriously steep pinches here... 29% max! Few nice views, but a bit busy.
Sunday 16 June 2024
Travelling in France we like to try local delicacies. Like this, erm, Asian restaurant? Very nice curry though
Sunday 16 June 2024
Stroll in village of Seillans. Fountains & immaculately presented eateries a theme, but sadly bit early for lunch
Saturday 15 June 2024
Nice little square in the village of Collobrieres & Lac de Carces from today's somewhat longer ride.
Friday 14 June 2024
Pretty cool bike path near Sommieres... and a quick look at the village itself on today's short loop.
Thursday 13 June 2024
Made it over this bridge in a 2.12m wide vehicle today. Sometimes French inaccuracy can be a good thing!
Thursday 13 June 2024
Another successful random lunch stop. Great combo of dishes: bacon, egg & mushroom soup thing, veal & mousse! Nom!
Thursday 6 June 2024
Lunch stop: French side of Col du Pourtalet. Nibbling baguette, cheese & ham while admiring the Pic du Midi d'Ossau.
Thursday 6 June 2024
Views of the Valle de Tena on the way up to Col du Pourtalet. Just a short drive home today - which is handy
Thursday 6 June 2024
Beautiful short hike by Rio Aguas Limpias. Saw a few falls but from noise in gorge below are plenty more out of view.
Wednesday 5 June 2024
We normally avoid campsite restaurants, but the menu del dia here looked good & didn't disappoint. Nom!
Wednesday 5 June 2024
Spectacular spin up & down Valle de Tena (+ side routes). Stopped for, like, a million photos... here's just a few!
Tuesday 4 June 2024
Gotta love camping off-season #WhereIsEverybody?
Tuesday 4 June 2024
Bienvenido a Espana! Haven't seen fuel so cheap in a long time! Shame snail isn't more thirsty. On the other hand...
Monday 3 June 2024
Practising pouring Basque cider: small notch in cork makes a stream which aerates the drink. That or it's just fun
Monday 3 June 2024
Short hike-a-bike today, to the spectacular Laguna Negra. Wow! Then up to Puerto de Santa Ines because... why not?
Sunday 2 June 2024
Bit of hike-a-bike on today's ride: well worth climbing up to Mirador de Castroviejo! Then home via the lake shore
Saturday 1 June 2024
Evening stroll @ Embalse de la Cuerda del Pozo (aka. lake by tonight's camp). Kindof chilly at almost 1100m altitude!
Saturday 1 June 2024
View from the road today... somewhere on the SO-830 North of Puerto de Santa Ines.
Friday 31 May 2024
After lunch, obligatory 'town square by the big name' photos... and a random wheat/poppy field on the walk home
Friday 31 May 2024
Love a late Spanish lunch - sat down at 3:30 to a superb meal at El Jarrero, Haro. Cheesecake to die for! Nom!
Friday 31 May 2024
Puerto Herrera: a nice little pinch - see road sign in background Blast home past poppy fields & the odd castle!
Thursday 30 May 2024
Post ride snack of Schezwan noodles. Nom! Thanks to my koki kecil
Thursday 30 May 2024
Little spin in the Obarenes Mountains. Views over La Rioja before heading into the clouds! Spain in June - brrrrr!
Wednesday 29 May 2024
What? You didn't think we could walk round the Basque capital at lunchtime & not have a few pintxos, did you? Nom!
Wednesday 29 May 2024
Short wonder around Vitoria-Gasteiz. A very pleasant place - especially on this beautiful spring day.
