{"id":25548,"date":"2019-03-02T15:34:22","date_gmt":"2019-03-02T15:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/?p=25548"},"modified":"2019-03-02T15:34:22","modified_gmt":"2019-03-02T15:34:22","slug":"day-444-mantova-to-cremona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=25548","title":{"rendered":"Day 444 -Mantova to Cremona"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 444                                                        7th October
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59 miles (Mantova to Cremona) Average speed 11.4 mph Top speed 27 mph
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A good day if a little windy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I got up at 8.30 for brekkie of muesli with warm milk and tea. I left at 10.30 but had to go back 4 minutes later when I looked down and noticed I’d left my water bottle on the sink. Then I regretted not studying map properly as I went to Soave along the cycle path, but then realised I couldn’t cross  the river, so had to go a fair way north to Sacco on unmade roads into the wind. Then I got onto the road heading south and stopped for coffee just as the cafe was closing and was served by a beautiful young lady.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Beautiful day for bike ride<\/p><\/div>\n

I felt better knowing I was on a good road and heading in the right direction at last. I turned right at Goito and the road was good, but it was hard to know which way the wind was blowing as it seemed to keep changing. I stopped to mix an energy drink that Kamal had given me a long time ago, but as there were no shops open it was good to have my back up supply, I had half a bar of chocolate too which gave me strength to continue at pace even though my knees were feeling it. I pushed on and joined the main road which had a good shoulder and I made good time so turned off at a village where I watched an incredible fishing competition going on at a tiny river where they had blocked off the fast running water to enable some very easy salmon fishing with small children catching too.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Fishing from a village street<\/p><\/div>\n

Then it was onto the SP27 which had a good cycle path but was tough work into the wind. I found the campsite but it was closed so I returned to one I’d just passed which looked like camper vans only. I used the card system to gain entry and met a French hitch-hiking couple from Paris who told me that it was OK to camp and they were waiting for reception to open. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Moretti beer<\/p><\/div>\n

So I found a nice bar for a well deserved Moretti beer and relaxed before setting up camp and shopping at Co-op for dinner of two burgers with chips, which took quite some time to cook but was delicious in the dark. I went into town for a beer at the Irish Times but didn’t like their choice of beer or their prices so ended up in a small Chinese run slots bar before heading back for a well deserved sleep.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Camping Po Park 5e<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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