First of all we had a morning of occasional showers, not heavy, but just enough to be a nuisance. Our first stop was Ardara, a small village where we stopped for coffee and to see the lovely Romanesque church.
It was soon after this that Keith noticed a tyre rubbing: there was a large bulge in the rear tyre and it was rubbing on the chain stay. It was not fixable at the roadside so the question was how long would it last!
We checked in at our hotel, and then Keith arrived and set off to the bike shop to get repairs done. He had only just set out and the tyre blew, so it was lucky that he had not decided to ride from Florinas.
It was soon after this that Keith noticed a tyre rubbing: there was a large bulge in the rear tyre and it was rubbing on the chain stay. It was not fixable at the roadside so the question was how long would it last!
We continued on to Florinas where we had a memorable if simple lunch. Nowhere in town was offering anything to eat, but the young woman at the strangely named "Shabby Cafe" prevailed on one of the customers to go back to his corner store and make us panini!
The locals at the bar were a barrel of laughs as well, probably thinking us mad for our travels. So for the princely sum of €2 each we got freshly made panini with mortadella and smoked cheese! Meanwhile Keith had noticed that there was a bus route to Sassari so he ended his ride and waited for the bus which turned out well.
The weather fiued up, and Ross and I enjoyed the down then up ride from there to Sassari, including up the eight or so hairpin bends to climb out of the steep gorge at the edge of the city.
We checked in at our hotel, and then Keith arrived and set off to the bike shop to get repairs done. He had only just set out and the tyre blew, so it was lucky that he had not decided to ride from Florinas.
We had a good and cheap dinner and some good and cheap local wine from the wine bar right next door!
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