Day 4 (Thurs)
Oh that was a big day... ]
That snow up top looks just magic!
And following that map, it sure was a big day. It's pretty much all slow and technical....and that's before the traffic!
Day 4 (Thurs)
Oh that was a big day... ]
Day 5 (Fri)
something I still cant comprehend, the group wanted a rest day.. I wanted to ride, so I did.
It's simply amazing over here..
GPX for the day
www.martyh.com/eurofest/Eurofest19 05 Fri 294km.gpx
Absolutely slobbering over those pics!! b
I'd call it incredible luck to have had that snow-dusting up high early in your stay....to revel in those magic vistas with snowy mountains and blue skies while running on dry, clear roads
You lucky Basterd!
As for the Kuehtai? 2009 was a decade ago, but you've done it before
Day 1 (onroad) of the T_2
That snow up top looks just magic!
And following that map, it sure was a big day. It's pretty much all slow and technical....and that's before the traffic!
...and the pics tell the story!
Weather like that...and a rest day? You must've worn 'em out the day before on the Stelvio.
Then again, it wasn't a fair contest, you'd been there before and knew what to expect.
For a first-timer this is all pretty overwhelming.
Nice to see some fresh pics of 2 of my all-time favourites, the Rolle ( for that peak in the background) and, of course, the Manghen b
Quite a day, too, going by the map.
yeah, it gets like that..
decided not to take a real camera, got offered to borrow a very, VERY nice lens for my Olympus 4/3rds and decided against it because I just knew that I wouldn't have the time to post process them when I got back like I use to do..
must say these phones make it easy to take a panorama, just push a button and pan and see the result, not happy repeat, last time I was there it was take 11 photos, hope for the best, come home and stitch!!
I forgot all about it, but the horse pics bought it back!..
so much of T2 is a blur
here is the GPX for that Day in T2
www.martyh.com/eurofest/SEP-21-09 070131 PM.gpx
to be honest, I really read the group wrong, although I had ridden with them for a few laps of Tassie I had never led them and I might have projected my level of touring on them which is "Ride like its your last day ever, fall asleep face first into your dinner, wake up in the morning and repeat"
they were a 150km/day/alp crew and realistically a nice tottle through Tuscany probably would have suited the group more, I really had to tame the days down for the last few
... they just do touring differently and each to their own.
the Rolle was superb and the Manghen has been totally resurfaced, still narrow but like a go-kart track, and It was being used for one of the stages in the rally from a few posts back. I had no idea that we had done it in T2, but when I saw this place it came back
I'm really glad I had the opportunity to do a day like that, I was knacked at the end though,
Mon 8 (Mon)
The Alps... The love affair continues, I'll be back.
The last harah... Dinner down at Bolzano via little train and Gondola... Oh Italy, oh don't want to leave.
Thanks to Eleanor, Brian, Clifford, David, Kasey and my wonderful wife Dimitra for a amazing 9 days.