Sadly for personal reasons, Jane isn’t
writing the blog herself today and the task has been taken over by Guest
bloggers Chris and Jeff. So today this
won’t meet the literary standard Jane has been setting and which has been so
complimented by her readers.
Today Jane was told that her loved friend
and constant and adorable companion Beanz had to be put to sleep. It was very sad for all of us to see
Jane upset. Beanz was well known
to many, and will be sadly missed. Tomorrow we will ride to Rome to commemorate the memory of the
Beanz.
It was a tough day out for the peleton today,
which had a number of us reduced to walking the bikes up a short but very
grippy section of Etruscan countryside.
Over 3.000 feet of climbing in one hit after a couple of early warm up
climbs was challenging but by lunchtime the task was accomplished – a testament
to how we have all got stronger over the last couple of weeks. The compensation was some sublime
countryside with views straight out of a “this is the best of Italy”
guide. The compensation for the
hills was a number of coffee stops, which gave us sufficient energy to move on
to the next coffee stop and the next one.
And at the highest point of the day when
the grey mist of exhaustion was blanking out the views our wonderful support
crew of Elizabeth and Angela had laid out a fantastic picnic which restored our
spirits and set us off on the final stretch of the day.
One final coffee stop with added ice cream was sufficient for us to glide
the final few miles to a lovely campsite by a lake. When we have forgotten the hills we will all remember a
fantastic day.
The only other incident worth noting was
Matt’s effort to knock an Italian car off the road. Good try and probably honours even but we’ re giving the win
to Matt on the basis of the weight discrepancy.
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