The Tuscany Trail - 440Kms & ~6000m of trails in the Italian wine belt, carrying all you need for 6 days. Julie on her Swiss built hard tail ultra light weight MTB 26x2.35 and Wayne on his Origine GRAX gravel bike running 700x45mm tyres...
Preparation .... preparation ... preparation....
A local ride from the house to test biker body as much as the bikes resistanceA good mix of bike riding and bike walking
Every obstacle has it's way around
Fingers crossed for these conditions above head and under tyres ....
A long weekend .... In the French wine belt of Rasteau and Gigondas ..... with Mt. Ventoux always on the horizon.
A typical sleepy village just before lunch time ... already very hot!
As I mentioned ... mt. Ventoux on the horizon.
almost done for the day ...
Re-hydration is taken very seriously here :)