Cycling along Lago Calofuén

Not too hard a way to start the day ...

November 14th 2005
We were woken this morning by rain. Yay. We were pretty much confined to our tent (being fair weather cyclists and all) until 9am and hence didn´t get on the road until about 11am. Still got some efficiencies to gain in the packing department. The first 5.5kms were perfect cycling country with ever changing views as we rode close to the lakes edge and then climbed fairly steeply up over a s ... read more

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John Dawson

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I´m Tasmanian and that probably explains a lot. I also love to travel, particularly by bike ... I´ve somehow survived cycling through England, Scotland, Ireland (though someone did steal my bike in Sligo which put an end to that), New Zealand, South Africa, South America and even Vietnam. OK, Vietnam was a cycling story without a bike and a clear demonstration of why, if you should ever be tempted, you shouldn't play touch football on an icy oval 30 minutes before the sun rises on a cold Tasmanian morning two days before heading off on an overseas holiday. So this time's it's Europe... full info

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