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It has not been an unusually hot summer, whilst we have had the occasional daytime temperature exceeding 41°, certainly there have not been runs of several days as we did last year. My Saturday morning summer routine is to join the hundreds of cyclists as they pant and push their way up the old Norton
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Step one is to soak the fruit! When it ferments and the lid blows off….. Time to bake the cake
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A month in Piedmont and the Cinque Terre reinforces the perception that I am blessed to live in Australia and specifically, Adelaide. I love travel and will continue whilst ever my body and money permit. I have alluded to the book “The Art of Travel” by Alain de Botton and I read it at the
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The fast express train to Milan leaves Santa Margherita at 13.35, first stop Genova half an hour later. The local train, all stops, leaves from the same platform 7 minutes later at 14:02 arriving in no less than 10 minutes at Comogli. We planned to train to Comogli, do a circuit bush walk and bus
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After the week of cycling, I travelled to the town of Santa Margherita, in the smallest provence of Italy, namely Liguria, capital Genova. It’s a crescent shaped ribbon of land that has the Alps of Piedmontese to the north, falling down to the Ligurian Sea, part of the Mediterranean. The tourist pamphlet for Santa Margherita
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In terms of my European cycle adventures to date, Italy does not have the cycling infrastructure of the more developed members of the European Community, for example Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France and even the Czech Republic. My only Spanish adventure was the Camino and that was mostly a dedicated trail at times challenging even on
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The cycle notes state that the distance will be 55km with total ascent of 700m. The climbs thankfully were indeed more gentle and therefore enjoyable. We struck the usual irritation at cycling through ghost towns just when we all needed a coffee. We pushed on to be rewarded by a road side cafe that created
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.After 2 days of fairly tough riding, a lay day in Asti. My opinion is that the medieval town of Alba the day before was more attractive. The more fascinating aspects of Asti, however were the black truffles and the regional wine. White truffles are mentioned but I did not see any – they are
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A day of relative ease compared to the first two days. Whilst the route guide suggested 35 km and about 300m ascent, it was still in parts, hard slog. But whilst it may take the best part of an hour to cycle slowly up at inclines of 6 to 10%, the 10 to 15 minutes
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A few pics without words- or only a few ! The piazza of Acqui Terme with the spring water “monument” it’s not leaning like the Pisa version ! I am I think A delightful brick church at Acqui Terme with the dusk sun catching the facade – the church of San Francesca A panorama between
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