We're on a road to nowhere, Come on inside,Taking that ride to nowhere, We'll take that ride, I'm feeling okay this morning, And you know, We're on the road to paradise.......
Everyone is in good spirits, we will arrive in Roma this afternoon and two days off.
We head out of Tagliacozzo with a climb for the next 10 klms. We are approaching Roma from the south, but do not ride through Roma, so we pass on the east side and are camping to the north by the River Tiber.
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| May be able to see plane in centre of picture picking up water. |
We stop for lunch by a lake near
Poggio Molano. With an elevated position we are treated to a plane completing practice circuits for the fire season. Landing on the lake drawing up water and releasing over the lake.
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| Fly pass after water release |
Wonderful landscapes of rolling hills and heavily wooded areas.
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| Luke, Mark, Martin, Celine |
An unusual aspect on our approach to the campsite
on the outskirts of Roma during the day, are the ladies of the night. It was on a section of road, approx 12 klm in length, rural not dissimilar to the Frankston-Dandenong Road, fairly evenly spaced about 800 mtrs apart on both sides of the road, sitting on chairs, dressed to entice, some on their phones others gyrating...I have not seen that approach before.
Three of the team are leaving us in Roma, Celine, from Netherlands, Pip and John from New Zealand. Great to have them on board, but sad to see them leave. However we are taking on six more riders. Bob & Scott from the USA, Aidan from NZ Maggie & Steve from Australia and Val joining Gary from the USA who started in Palermo.
Early on whilst camping Celine was cautious about camping near the Five Amici's as we let it be known that we were the snoring section....I'm not camping here says Celine... as if no human snores!!!!
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| Campsite by the Tiber River which flows through Roma |
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