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Continue reading →: Day 4: Guastalla to Vignola –(On The Kerouac Road) – 81 km (51 miles) – Total so far: 343 km (213 miles) Tremendous afternoon after leaving the intense heat of the Po Basin. Got away late for reasons in the picture below, but managed 50 km before lunch in the centre of Modena. Lots of history…
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Continue reading →: Day 3: Cremona to Guastalla(wasting away again in Mosquitoville) – 91 km (56 miles) – Total so far: 261 km (162 miles) Spent the day in the Po basin, eventually leaving it tomorrow after 130 km. Though i leave it, it goes on to meet the Adriatic just below Venice, on the 45th parallel which…
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Continue reading →: Day 2: Treviglio to Cremona (the land of broken violins)114 km (71 miles) – Total so far: 171 km (106 miles) I’m only in Cremona to see the museum that houses the other Stradivarius violins of Nicola Amati. You will recall that in “a very sporting gesture” she was leader of the orchestra and lent Emile Gilbert her own violin…
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Continue reading →: Day 1: Bergamo to Treviglio28 km (17 miles) – Total so far: 56 km (35 miles) Fortune shone today as everything was on time. Many thanks to Scott for packing the bike and the lift. Oxenholme station at 9:11 hrs, to Manchester Airport at 10:40. Flight at 12:40, landed at 15:30. Bike assembled and away…
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Continue reading →: Day 17: Rest day at PisciottaThis is a great little place, nice and quiet, ideal for a chill out day. Decent view of the only two bars in the village – who needs more? One is fully stocked with Belgian delights
To live more widely
supera superiora sequi
SafeReturnDoubtful is my alias. Rua is my fox red labrador pup, born 14 Feb 2026 and learning fast..
Where is Rua?
I was so much older then…
Quote of the Week
Alice asked the Cheshire Cat, who was sitting in a tree, ‘What road do I take?’ The cat asked, ‘Where do you want to go?’ ‘I don’t know,’ Alice answered. ‘Then,’ said the cat, ‘it really doesn’t matter, does it?’
Lewis Carroll
