It seemed a shame to leave our lovely hotel by the sea, but we planned a 9:30 departure. My front tyre was as flat as a pancake, so a good start! We split into groups of 6-8 people, and set off. Jaynes route today. The route took us across a beach at one point- she had warned us it would! A flat day, and quite fast until we reached the sprawl of Naples. I had another puncture on a fast busy road, which Andy fixed in record time- and as we were doing it, our support vehicle pulled up with the track pump! Great timing. We stopped at a very pink cafe for coffee. Then at a pizza pasta place found by our support crew. The owner was thrilled by having a group of 19 cyclists and support arrive. Loads of pasta and salads, plus three extra large bowls of pasta incase we hadn't eaten enough. Lots of photos were taken, and the owner said he was putting them on his Facebook page. He didn't speak a word of English, and none of us speak italian- it was genuinely lovely!
Fuelled up, we tackled the back streets of Naples for the next sixteen miles. Quite an experience. At about the last crazy junction with wiered driving, I dimly recalled something about priority to the right- it all made slightly more sense then! I've alerted the rest of the group for tomorrow.
We are staying at a very modern hotel in the middle of a down market residential area- so we ate here. I had a lovely meal, but some were less happy- small portions, and veg arriving 30 minutes after mains!
Our room here is a massive corner room with two walls of window, a leather sofa, desk etc. it's like a large office with a double bed in the corner. We even had Jacky and Ian over for tea, as we have bought our kettle.
Sunshine and heavy showers forecast today with thunder and lightening too. Off over the mountains.
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