Conception
Route planning
The bikes
Packing bikes
Packing list
To the Airport
At Pisa Airport
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No, this isn't about those blokes in oily overalls who crawl around under your car.In here, there's information on how the trip was conceived,
how we planned the route, packed the bikes, got to the airport, what we took with us (and
what we left behind!) etc.
When you read this, please remember this was our
first tour abroad. So, some of it might seem very obvious (or very stupid ;-) but
rather than update it in light of subsequent tours, I've left it exactly as we did it
then. If you want to see what changed in subsequent trips, then take a look at the
other tour reports (accessible from the site home page), though actually, I'm pleased to
say not much changed at all, and in a way, I'm glad it didn't 'cos we enjoyed this first
tour so much that I really can't begin to do it justice.
If you're reading this, and maybe contemplating
your first venture into the world of cycle touring, I hope that it'll calm some of your
fears and who know's, maybe inspire you. If the two of us can embark on something
like this and come out of it not just unscathed but positively bouncing, then believe me,
anyone can.
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