{"id":25558,"date":"2019-03-05T12:48:10","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T12:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/?p=25558"},"modified":"2019-03-05T12:48:10","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T12:48:10","slug":"day-449-monte-valenza-to-cortemilia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=25558","title":{"rendered":"Day 449 – Monte Valenza to Cortemilia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 449                                                  12th October
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58 miles (Monte Valenza to Cortemilia) Average speed 11 mph  Top speed 80?? More like 35
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I got up at 8.00 and had <\/span><\/span>brekkie of ham and Brie sarnies with tea while enjoying watching the wildlife of otters, robins and caged parrots. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I left at 9.45 with mist in the air and after a slight incline out of the hotel a long run down to a T junction, where I turned left but should have gone right! Thankfully traffic lights and roadworks made me stop to check and I found the right road. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Then I went to Alessandria and stopped at Decathlon for a ISO drink and a knee bandage and to use wifi to check my emails. I crossed the river and turned right onto the SP246, then overtook a tall young guy on a racing bike. He wasn’t happy and drafted me for a while (lazy git) before overtaking me and shooting off into the distance. I was meant to be taking it easy for my knee, but I couldn’t let him get away and soon caught him up again before he turned off. I stopped for a drink and dumped by the side of the road was a carcass of a cow that had been butchered. Strange place to dump it?? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Beautiful country<\/p><\/div>\n

It had turned into a lovely warm day after the early morning mist and I was enjoying the warmth but the knee bandage was too hot and sweaty and not very comfortable so that went in the pannier. I stopped at Bazzana at the bottom of a hill next to a train station for lunch in a very friendly and busy cafe where I had a roll with pancetta and my leftover crisps with a coke. I climbed the hill with renewed energy but it was as bad as I’d expected.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Wild camp next to circus.<\/p>\n

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Circus poster<\/p><\/div>\n

I’m not sure that I would leave my tent unattended and go for a beer if I were camped next to a travelling circus in Britain but I’m pretty sure my bike and tent will still be there when I return as they seemed like nice people?? I’ll let you know how that goes!!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

What an incredible day.<\/p>\n

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