Farm yards and fish heads: Pavia to Venice
I’d left poor Nev tramping in Pavia on his own for a few days while I went back home to be a bridesmaid at my best bud’s wedding. After the […]
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Cycletramps split up, but not for long: Pavia, Milan and 4 days apart.
Our trip so far has felt at times (to me anyway) like we haven’t been making enough progress but when we rocked up to Pavia, just south of Milan, two […]
“Easy” days, Catholicism and coffee addiction
We decided to cover the 110 mile journey to Pavia (just outside Milan) over three “easy” days so we wouldn’t arrive too early for my epic train journey back home […]
Trampin in Turin
There was so much to explore in Turin we could have spent a whole weekend there, but we only had one day so we packed everything into a fun filled […]
Cuneo to Turin: Sex shops and hoookers
We had a nice relaxing rest in Cuneo but as we woke at around 7am and ate our gruel, we were ready to get back on the crazy Italian roads […]
Terrifying tunnels and hitchhiking in the Alps
It’s fairly normal for happy campers like us to wake up to the early morning chorus of birdies tweeting and this morning in Menton at our campsite perched on the […]
Giant storms and bad taste: Carros to Menton and Monaco
Despite our relatively short 40-mile day from Carros (through Nice and Monaco to Menton) not necessitating an early start, we were both wide awake by 6:45am. Rain had started to […]
Another day, another mountain and bonkers brains
We set off from Castellane with the mountain we had to climb looming in the distance. It was a brilliant 52 mile bike ride to Carros (just above Nice), littered […]
Horned cyclists and old Citroëns: Lac de Croix to Castellane
On our rest days so far we’ve not often chosen to rest- sometimes hiring pedalos, sometimes walking many miles around a city looking for fountains or, in yesterday’s case, paddling […]
1000 miles and le grand canyon of Europe
In preparation for our 50+ mile cycle today, on the advice of Lee (camping and cycling fwennd and hippy), we had porridge oats for breakfast that we’d soaked overnight in […]
Cycle Tramps 