Distance cycled: 92.7km from Bellano to 2km from Aprica, Italy
Average speed: 15.7km/h
Moving time: 5h54m
Total distance: 3560km
Border X'ings: 13
Money spent: €13
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The morning frost chilled and stiffened my muscles and I found it difficult at first to push hard. It also didn't help that I cut up my shin on my peddle whilst rushed to move when I was catching my breath on the side of the road oblivious to a car behind waiting to move into a parking spot I was blocking.
It wasn't a good morning until I found a Lidl supermarket to fill up on nice cheap junk food and groceries. Here I met a Israeli woman who invited me to her fast food restaurant a few towns east down the valley I was cycling.
I went to her shop but waited half an hour until it opened; she was very kind but predominately seemed to dislike certain races of people, she is Israeli after all. But I was very grateful for the sandwich and coffee she made up for me and also for a power point where I could charge me belongings.
The main road I cycled on, again, like the rest of Italian roads had no shoulder and I did my best to keep to the far right.
Google doesn't seem to have Italian cycle routes available for me to upload to my GPS and so I didn't know of any until I stumbled across one after midday, this is where I met a skateboarder named ken who gave me some advice about the upcoming roads. The cycle route I took is not well sign posted so I ended up cycling a unnecessary 300m climb by accident. At least the view of the valley was nice.
Getting later in the afternoon I was surprised to have to climb 1000m in altitude over 13km to a ski town called Aprica; I found this more difficult than Gotthard pass I cycled in Switzerland the other day but I made it to the top as the sun was setting and of course I grabbed a celebratory beer.
Being as it is a mountain town things were very expensive including camping at a sight. As I stated in the heading of this post 'why should I pay for camping?', they were asking €15 for pitching my tent. The only facility I needed was the shower but I suppose I could go on for another day without one.
Camping at 1111meters in altitude 2km down the road for free sounds better for me.
Meeting Ken whilst he was skateboarding
Lunch… just a fat ass sandwich
IM going to miss the Alps when i get out of them.
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