The rain gods returned today, and compared to these all the previous one were amateurs. For the first half of the ride it absolutely threw it down. A shame as it is an incredibly scenic ride down from the Dolomites along the valley floor of a very steep valley, almost a canyon in parts.
Frankie started off but gave it up after getting very cold and wet when he still wasn’t feeling so good. Later on the rain stopped fortunately and Mike, Mel and I then managed to dry out a bit. A lot of downhill thereafter with wonderful views. It’s very impressive how they’ve threaded the autostrada through. Huge elevated sections on massive piers.
By the time we got to Conegliano it was my turn to feel unwell. I don’t know if it was a bug, dehydration, something I ate, or just that European non-alcoholic beer has more alcohol than ours, but I was getting very painful stomach cramps. This is why this blog is a day late – I hit my bed as soon as we finished riding.
Conegliano is famed for its prosecco and is very attractive, but do not believe it has a campsite. It wasn’t. It was some sort of camper van park for the Italian Caravan club in an industrial estate. It was also very shut with just a number to ring if you wanted to get in. We unanimously decided not to ring it. In the end we had a warm and friendly welcome from the Hotel Christallo which given the state we were all in seemed a much more reasonable proposition.
Big thunderstorm in the night. Not good portents for our last day.
Day 26 Alleghe to Conegliano
Posted August 13th 2010 at 2:53 pm by joe
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