Day 11: Verdon to Ventimiglia - 295 km.
So... I made it to Italy. But France really didn't want to let me go.
Turns out all those squiggles on the map meant it was a lot further than I'd anticipated - no way I could have made it yesterday.
A lot of road today too, including an uninterrupted 95km section taking in the picturesque Gorge de Daluis.
Switchbacks
On the trails, I was getting tired of gravel switchbacks, especially downhill, because the front tyre has worn faster than I expected. All those hairpins I guess, but it was starting to skip and push on. Then as if to prove a point, I got a puncture. No great shakes to fix, and the front is easier than the back I said to myself.
Uses for my pulley system, no 3.
Terrible campsite. €24, more for shower, next to motorway, train, a dog kennel it seems, and various screaming children. Now *this* is "camping sauvage"!
PS For those who thought the caravan yesterday was incongruous, here's a treat from today!
Good job she's anchored to that tree. Altitude: 550m. |
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