We've taken it easy today and only covered 55 miles.
When we set out this morning in the hot, sunny weather we couldn't resist the temptation of stopping at one of the many beaches that we were cycling past. So at Carrara we decided that we would have a morning at the beach. However we enjoyed it so much that we ended up not leaving until 4pm.
We got a great lunch at the beach bar and fell asleep under the sun - it was a good break from the bike, and it also gave us a chance to start getting rid of some of our tan marks!
At 4pm we set out, having only done 5 miles, and headed for Pisa. Being so well rested we covered this 50 km in just 2 hours. Then there was the job of taking our photo in front of the Leaning Tower, like the photo of Dino and Oresto 59 years earlier. There is now a law against walking on the grass there though, so we couldn't get an exact replica of the photo of Dino and Oresto; but we did our best.
After this we just headed another 15 miles down the road to Livorno where we have stopped tonight. It may just be the area we're in but it doesn't feel like a very nice town - lots of dodgy people milling around. At least we managed to get a good, cheap evening meal though!
Hopefully make an early start tomorrow - we've been slowing down so we don't get to Picinisco too early, but we'd better not slow down too much!
2 comments:
don't cycle too fast, and do take another day at the beach- Ariana hasn't left Edinburgh yet!
Just cool your jets guys--- or else you will be too early for the parade in Picinisco--anyone who is anyone is congregating for the welcome and are so proud to know you... you must feel very satisfied with yourselves-- so much so that you should rest-up and wallow in your achievements before all the Hootin'and Hollerin'begins ...take care on the home straight ... shirley and david
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