Verona to Rovereto - 26 May

26 May

Getting out of Verona proved a real hassle and finding the Via Claudia Augusta cycle route was a real challenge that took us on some seriously busy roads. You would have to say the signposting leaves room for improvement.

Tracey & Rod planning the mornings route out of Verona.

We found our first Via Claudia Augusta sign!

At this point Tracey decided it would be a good time to break a spoke which made itself evident in a buckled rear wheel. We backed off the brakes to stop them rubbing and pushed on, within 10kms we came across the only bikeshop we had seen who put in a new spoke, trued the wheel, gave us directions all in about 20 minutes and for seven euro.

Getting a spoke replaced. - no problem.

The second cycle track sign that we spotted directed us up a 20% incline where Tracey took a fall, smashed her mirror and lost a bit of skin but no serious damage to bike or rider. We quickly worked out that this was not the way to go and gave it a miss. We were right.

The sign that pointed the wrong way - and resulted in Tracey crashing.

More beautiful scenery.

Heading north.

More beautiful scenery!

What can I say?

The central piazza in Rovereto.

Pat found a Chinese restaurant - you can get sick of pizza and pasta.

The front of our hostel.

Pushing on in the heat, but with a nice tailwind, we put 90k on the clock and reached Rovereto in the evening. There being no obvious campgrounds we decided to grab a local hostel that was signposted on the cycle track. We would have been better off camping, the building was hot and the air conditioning cut out shortly after we went to bed. The only available window (an electronically controlled skylight) would not stay open because of the wind, so a hot night. Despite the issues of the day we cycled through some magnificent scenery with Pats camera running the risk of overheating. So all in all good progress.