Sardinia Day 6: The jet set look on enviously as the Moore family complete their cycling adventure
09:00 – Italian bakers can’t stop themselves implanting every roll and croissant with a big dollop of jam, and a certain type of English cyclo-tourist can’t stop himself wedging slices of cheese and salami into this unfortunate mix. ‘Not today,...
Sardinia Day 5: Freewheeling down to the coast our bicycles sense pizzas!
JUNE 2 09:10 – Another sunny morning, another shadowy urban maze. I confidently lead the five of us through Tempio Pausania’s steep and very compact streets, having absolutely no idea where I’m going. In the end gravity sees me right,...
Sardinia Day 4: Pushing inland Tim Moore + family take on the mountains and triumph .
JUNE 1 st. Day 4 08:00 – Kristjan nicks all the spare rolls from the breakfast buffet and shoves them in his jersey pockets for later. That’s my boy! My Tour retracing was largely fuelled by someone else’s hotel croissants....
Sardinia Day 3: Italian Ice cream brings back the smiles plus a salute from a slick peloton.
TUES MAY 31 08:15 – Yes! That early start we’ve promised ourselves, to get the big kilometres under our sweaty belts before the sun gets going. 08:16 – No! There’s some faffy issue with the hotel bill which involves having...
Sardinia Day 2: Snakes, Italian cuisine and washing socks in the bidet
08:00 – The complimentary digestif custom seems rather less appealing in the cold light of a hot morning. Plenty of time to shower out the cobwebs, though, as our surprisingly laid back Rugby Club hotel doesn’t start serving breakfast until...
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