"La Bella Italia" Rest Day Pompeii

Today was a typical tourist walkabout through the ruins of Pompeii. Kathren and I started the day with a visit to the beautiful cathedral in the center of the city of Pompeii. We then met up with Kathren's cousins Prue and Lisa. After a tour of the ruins I left the girls and joined my riding buddy Harry Brown for a trip up to the rim of the volcano Vesuvius. It was bitterly cold with a strong wind at the summit . We were able to walk around the track at the summit after paying our 10 € track fee! After photos and selfies we made our way back down the track. The ride down (and up for that matter) proved more scary than any of the descents so far on the bike! We ate at a small pizza restaurant near our campgrounds "Camping Etna"

Three Ring Circus Night Performance 2014

A great weekend of mtb racing in NSW southern highlands 26-27/7/14. This 11 min video has highlights of the night race. 3 Ring Circus 2014 Night Performance Garminlink youtube link

"La Bella Italia" Stage 12 Paestum - Pompeii

This was definitely a "WOW!" day on the bike. This section of the western Italian coast has many picturesque towns and villages perched on the rugged rocky coastline. We encountered plenty of weather along the way, but managed to get to our campgrounds "Camping Etna" in one piece.

Ruins at Paestum

Oebele at Salerno on our way to Amalfi

Amalfi looking south

Restaurant near Amalfi

Amalfi viaduct

Amalfi marina

The girls enjoy a break in Salerno

Salerno dockyards

Amalfi Restaurant

Amalfi courtyard and clocktower

lunch stop above Amalfi on way to Castelamare di Stabia 

Amalfi rooftops

enroute to Gragnano

Gragnano

The climb up and over the peninsula at Gragnano proved challenging as it was nearing the end of a tiring days riding. Welcome coffee stop at the top of the climb allowed us a little bit of recovery. Negotiating the roads into Pompeii also tested or navigation skills! Garmin Connect link LBI Stage 12 Paestum - Pompeii

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