Our plan was to do some cycle touring and tramping in Slovenia… the weather persuaded us not to do this however. Instead we decided that we’d prefer to have some sun so yesterday we spent the day driving from Lindau to Livorno in Italy, and heading over on the evening ferry to Corsica. We made it to bed around 1 am after driving north from Bastia and finding a camp site in the dark.
We left the camp site today around 10:30. It was a nice pleasant temperature under the trees at the camp but once we got down to the road that weaves around the perimeter of the island we realised it was really quite warm. Not quite Mallorca warm but warm enough that you’d say – well it could probably be a little cooler. We road North and decided to skip the walk we had planned and head up into the hills where we decided it should be a bit cooler. It wasn’t. In fact it was a big sweat fest. The views were quite nice though and many of the buildings looked quite picturesque, although some just looked run down. The landscape looked dry although they’d apparently had torrential rain a few days ago.
Eventually we’d had enough of the sweating and stopped in a tiny town with a little supermarket and bought lots of junk food and stuffed ourselves for a while. I stood in the fountain for a bit and then we found a tiny patch of shade and sat in it for a while. After a good while of lazing we headed back over a pass to the East side of the island, and back South to the camp site again. 80 km completed with about 1000 vertical metres.
Above left: We headed off for a tour around Cap Corse on our first day in Corsica. It was hot and the sea was blue. Above middle: We discovered fig trees beside the road along the way much to Leonie’s enjoyment. Above right: We also found some buildings to look at.
Above left: And empty road. Above middle: It was so hot that we stopped in the afternoon and hid in the shade in a small town. There we consumed much fatty food and juice. Above right: We bought some tasty stone fruit.
Above left: Then it was off again in the hot evening. Above middle: Leonie reaches “Bocco di Santa Lucia” at an impressive 381 m above sea level! Above right: It was a little cooler in the evening which made riding more enjoyable.