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Day 5
- Today's ride we're going to circumnavigate Lago
Trasimeno counter clockwise. |
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The gang gets ready to pull out. |
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Cortona is up the hill in the distance. |
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Any time is a good time for roadside adjustments. |
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Bruce riding by an olive orchard. |
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We took a side road to avoid a main highway. |
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The first cappuccino break for
the day. |
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Roy checking the
goods. |
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Don't worry Sherman, we'll get you a gelato too. |
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Bill parting the way. Most shops seemed to have these lovely beaded
curtains to keep the flies out I think. |
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On the road again. |
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Of course
we had to stop in the local bike shop
and check it out. |
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Castiglione del Lago
This town has Etruscan and Roman origins and its largely
sixteenth century castle is well preserved.
The fortified passageway was
part of a defensive scheme that in the thirteenth century made it one of
Europe's most impregnable fortresses. |
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Wonderful, enticing
shops within the walls of the original town where we purchased some wild
boar sausage for afternoon appies. With great shops like these, it's no
wonder they needed the walls to keep the hoards out... |
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...maybe the wild boars too. |
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After leaving Castiglione and reaching the bottom
of the lake we head east
towards Magione. |
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This fellow wasn't going to let the opportunity
to draft us get away. He tucked in behind
Roy until we turned off. |
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Strange wind effects? |
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Abandoned building along the side of the road. |
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Now turning to head north towards Magione. |
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From this roadside view point you can see Castiglione
across the lake.
(looking west) |
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This view is looking mostly north towards Passignano.
If you look closely,
you'll see some of the many poles
sticking out of the lake. |
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We stopped at a roadside truck stop for a wonderful lunch. |
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These poles are there to hold nets to catch fish. |
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This seemed like a real lakeside resort with a few boats at anchor. |
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More ruins along side the road. |
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A great day for a dip. The lake is really shallow
so we had to walk a long
way out to get
above our knees. |
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Passignano
This is a resort town and popular with the Italians.
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waterfront is the main focus with bars, disco's and restaurants.
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the old centre there is a couple of churches and a small castle. |
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It was a great spot to stop for a break and to admire the view on the
water front. Cappuccinos and Gelatos was more likely the calling. |
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We headed up the hill to explore the town. |
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A bike route? |
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Remains of the castle wall. |
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I think this was some sort of small museum
with old artefacts and a small
skiff. |
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These buildings were obviously built before cars came along.
You can see
where the wall has had to be cut away to allow
cars to navigate the
corner. |
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View from the top of the castle. |
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Bill making his way back down the streets
and to the main road. |
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From Passignano we made our way across
the top of the lake and then retraced
our route back to Camucia. We had a
great tail-wind and really rolled! |
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Myrna and Bill serving up tonight's dinner. |
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Myrna serves the minestrone... |
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....while Brian
wrestles with the bread.
Watch out for those carbs. They're sneaky. |
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Shift into gear for
Day 6 |
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