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The last push to Venice

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Once we set off to leave our lovely abode in the Prosecco Hills, there was hardly any more climbing to do before reaching Venice. We would be back in the flat plains, and the legs would get a break!This remaing distance took us two days. The first night was spent in a nice apartment in the historical centre of Treviso. We got there mid afternoon, giving us time to explore the pretty city centre with its monuments, old pizzas and canals. Treviso is also thought to have been the original makers of tiramisu! In fact our apartment was over a little Cafe serving lots of it, but we somehow never managed to try any 😞 Treviso has a network of canals Cleaned up and happy to be walking tourists in Treviso Aperol Spritz on Piazza San Vito On Piazza San Vito Day 15 Treviso to Venice  Heavy rain greeted us this morning in Treviso, so we donned the heavy-duty rain gear and set off on the final leg of our Munivh-Venice tour. First off we had to do an 8km side trip to Decathlon to get camping fue...
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Day 13 A detour into the Prosecco Hills

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 The summer holiday season is drawing to a close here in some areas - our lovely campground on the lake at Santa Croce was closing at noon today! We arrived just in time! Riding along the lakeshore just after leaving our campground Lago di Santa Croce. I think the water level is very low, but it was pretty and very tranquil today  The official Munich to Venice route would continue through Conegliano and on to Treviso, going through the Prosecco wine area, located between the Dolomites mountains and the Adriatic Sea. We had decided to take a detour west to check out more of this area, and to try to reach the town of Valdobbiadene, home of some of the very best Prosecco. The steep vineyard hills between Conegliano and Valdobbiadene further to the west became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2019. Although the route we followed involved a heck of a lot of climbing, it did have the advantage of diverting us from the main road to Conegliano which we'd heard was not pleasant ridin...
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Days 11 & 12. More spectacular Dolomites and more bike trouble!!

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 My day 11 was a complete rest day off the bike! It's really the first day not doing any riding, although we had one very light day when we cycled to and from Brixen/Bressanone as a day outing. Enjoyed chilling in the fine setting of Camping Cortina, catching up on laundry, journaling, downloading footage off the drone ( yes first time having a drone and I'm still a novice!), a little bike care and recharging all electronics.  Great campsite at Camping Cortina. Hung out here all day - no hardship. And this is my dear friend Tannis's one man tents which she kindly let me use for this trip, rather than bringing our bigger 2-man  Hubba Hubba That's me chillin 😎  The next morning we were all set to go when I discovered I had no front brake!!! Don't panic Daphne!! I could see that the brake cable had popped out of it's little "casing" in the brake lever. Now if only I could pop it back in myself with my little pliers, but it was way too finicky. And I didn...
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Cycle Day 10. The Dolomites

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 I've jumped ahead a few days! Haven't had enough time to keep up with the reports, but I may go back and and summarise the previous days later. Days are full - packing up camp in the morning, stopping to buy groceries en route before camp, usually arriving in the next camp 5 or 6 pm ( a couple of days we arrived earlier), setting up again, cooking dinner and then it's dark by 8.30, by which time I'm ready to shower, chill, get all the electronics charged, and hit the hay 😀. Typical camp scene, Nancy having breakfast Anyway, yesterday was day 10 and we rode from Dobbacio to Cortina d'Ampezzo, a really scenic route through the Dolomites using a gravel path that used to be a railway track. This was definitielythe most dramatic scenery so far, and we both loved it. The distance wasn't too big at 40 km, but the gravel was often rough, so it was a bit slow going with the loaded bikes. Lago Dobbacio Introducing Nancy's new mascot Wolfgang acquired in Innsbruck, a...
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