Category: Bike Touring
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Over Futa Pass and into Bologna!
After my short day yesterday, I went to bed early after a lovely dinner at the campground restaurant! And so, I woke up at 6:30 AM and hit the road by around 8 AM. It was still cool. The forecast was for 92° that day and I planned to ride about 35 or 40 miles…
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Days in Florence waiting for bike.
I started this ride in Florence primarily to spend some time with my friend Anna, the widow of an old friend from Boulder who lives in Florence. I met her just once a few years ago with her husband John and my friends Randy and Jeanne, and wanted to connect again. We spent hours sharing…
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Off again….what did I forget?
We returned from our big trip on October 10th last year, and about 7 weeks later I went in for heart surgery to repair my leaky mitral valve. Other than that valve, I was in good shape for the surgery after our long trip. Me and my doctors had been tracking that naughty heart valve…
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Back home after 21 months on the road!
We always knew that we would be returning home at some point, but we were still having a good time on the road when the time came to return. We were in Lisbon and flights were booked. Our friend’s/renter’s house was rebuilt and they had moved in, so our house was empty, the rent payments…
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The end of the line, for now!
It’s been 73 days and 2,057 miles (3,343KM) since we pushed off from Morlaix, France and arriving in Lisbon. We had a few extended off-bike periods in Madrid and Seville, as well as quite a few rest days along the way. We probably averaged about 35-40 miles a day when cycling. Arriving in Lisbon is…
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Two days of bad road!
We had a really lovely stay in Porto Covo, and now are pushing on to the last few days of riding before getting to Lisbon. And push we did! We had a lot of sand these last two days, and pushed our heavy bikes a few miles in the process. In general, we’ve had great…
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A ride along part of the Fisherman’s Trail
The Fisherman’s Trail (Trilho dos Pescadores) is a long-distance hiking trail in southern Portugal, starting just above Porto Covo and ending in Lagos, which we went through a couple days ago. It is part of the Rota Vicentina network of trails, which runs along the southwest coast of the country. The Fisherman’s Trail is about…
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FIRE!
As we were walking to the restaurant in Carrapateira we noticed the ominous sight of smoke in the sky to the north, never a good thing! Smoke in the sky was how we started this entire adventure, as a fire burned 1,000 houses just a few miles from our house. We also experienced fire in…
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Along the Algarve, then turning north!
We left Albufiera about 9:30AM, heading west with a fresh tailwind pushing us along. Our course took us on a parallel to the coast, but not really on it except some cool sections on boardwalks where we were right next to the water. The roads were variable, from little dirt roads to highways to cobbles…
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Three nights in Albufiera
Chris met her friend Toni about four decades ago in Liverpool, and it was a nice surprise to find out that she and her husband Gary would be at their timeshare in Albufiera about the same time as we might be there. And so, we arranged to be there while they were, getting the bonus…