After a fabulous (and well deserved) nights sleep Scott was up early this morning doing some work for a needy client AND pouring over google maps to work out our final leg to Sestri Levanti. Scott is very good at being bothered about these details (actually I don't think he's 'very' bothered, just more bothered than me) without his 20 mins of prep this morning we would have got far more lost than we actually did.
Today has been a ride of 3 parts. The run from Pozzelengo to Parma this morning was through wide open and flat fields on long straight roads. The wind was blustery and although we could make a bit of pace it was pretty uneventful.
After a quick focaccia in Parma we carried on south along some rather delightful windy roads toward the looming mountains. Now when I say mountains, I guess if you live in the Alps you might call these hills, but I judge it a mountain when road signs warn you about snow-chains and provide information about wether the pass is open or not.
I loved this sort riding - lots of bends and gear-changes. This is action riding rather than flat-out racing. And it would appear that hundreds of proper motorcyclists like these conditions too - those Ducattis, Triumphs and BMWs were all over those hairpin bends like a rash. We must have looked rather odd amongst them, but I am certain that they can't have been enjoying the ride any more than we were.
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