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It was nice leaving Saint Florent, but of course the pass was a white out, but not nearly as bad as the previous evening for fog or the howling wind.

FILE2380 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

FILE2390 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Headed up the east coast of the cape!

FILE2393 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

FILE2401 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

FILE2416 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

FILE2430 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


Corsica-9 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Corsica-10 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr



FILE2445 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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The weather held out and was actually sunny and hot by the time we got to the small roads to the tiny sea side towns of the north cape.


FILE2472 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

FILE2478 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr



FILE2502 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

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NORD!

Corsica-12 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


Corsica-13 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Corsica-11 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

IMG_5863 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

IMG_5867 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

IMG_5865 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

IMG_5866 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

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On the ride back south on the west of the peninsula the road hangs on the cliff side with spectacular views of the aqua blue ocean.

IMG_5875 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

IMG_5881 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

FILE2532 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


IMG_5883 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

FILE2548 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

These guys did not think the counter clockwise think thru!


FILE2557 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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The wild west coast of the Cape.

FILE2597 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Corsica-16 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

FILE2618 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

FILE2621 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Corsica-15 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Corsica-14 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

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We arrived to Lile-Rousse just before the torrents of rain started! It did not last too long.

Corsica by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


The forecast is still sketchy, but despite that we woke to sunshine again.

Corsica-2 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


After a brief stop for gas and then at a bakery of coffee and a croissant we were excited to see the wild west coast of Corsica. We planned a 255 km route to stick as much as possible along the shore to Propriano.

Screen Shot 2016-05-12 at 19.22.57 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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The road at time was very narrow and hanging on the cliff. The views of the crystal blue sea were stunning.

Corsica-3 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

FILE2760 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Corsica-4 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

FILE2755 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

FILE2775 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

FILE2757 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

FILE2778 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Corsica-6 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

FILE2788 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

FILE2780 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Corsica-7 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Corsica-8 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

FILE2828 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

FILE2829 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr



FILE2888 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr



FILE2889 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

FILE2895 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


Corsica-5 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

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Sometimes there were some obstacles on the road!

FILE2852 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

FILE2855 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Stopped for the selfie of the day!

Corsica-9 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

IMG_5892 (1) by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


The small hotel on the private beach was right in the town. It was sunny for a short time and Daniel took a plunge in the frigid water.

Corsica-10 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Corsica by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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Todays forecast is for rain at times, but we were again mostly lucky. The plan was to take some of the mountain roads in the south of the island and then head for the 5 pm ferry to Sardinia.

Screen Shot 2016-05-14 at 18.32.32 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


We started out on a small paved road that then was not paved and fairly rain damaged. This was ok on the street tires, but it soon became a dirt bike no pannier road and we had to turn around. Sorry no photos of the bad bit too busy driving to turn on the camera!

Bonifacio CC by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Bonifacio CC-2 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Bonifacio CC-3 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Bonifacio CC-4 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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Oh well we rerouted and found some great roads up over the mountains and thru sell villages hanging on the cliffs.

Bonifacio CC-6 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Then we headed up onto the pass for some spectacular scenery and a cool 9 degrees.

Santa Teresa Gullara CC by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Santa Teresa Gullara CC-2 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


Corsica by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Corsica-2 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Santa Teresa Gullara CC-3 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

We did get caught in a short downpour on one of the passes, but the worst was when we were in the store getting groceries so we miss the bad part.


Santa Teresa Gullara CC-4 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Santa Teresa Gullara CC-5 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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Arriving at Bonifacio we saw the stunning fort on the hill, but decided to go to the ferry to see about tickets and come back to see the very cute town. The time was 255 and the 330 ferry was in the dock. The ticket guy said the 5 pm was likely full and we did not want to chance it. A bonus was this ferry line is 10 E cheaper per bike for the crossing than the Moby line listed online.

Santa Teresa Gullara CC-6 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Santa Teresa Gullara CC-7 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Santa Teresa Gullara CC-8 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Santa Teresa Gullara CC-9 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Santa Teresa Gullara CC-10 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Santa Teresa Gullara CC-11 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Santa Teresa Gullara CC-12 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Sardinia-2 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Sardinia by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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We did get some incredible views as we were leaving the harbour.

Corsica-4 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


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Santa Teresa Gullara CC-15 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Santa Teresa Gullara CC-16 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Santa Teresa Gullara CC-17 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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The crossing is about an hour and a half and on this very nice day quite rough. I’d hate to go on a bad day.

Screen Shot 2016-05-14 at 18.34.04 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Screen Shot 2016-05-14 at 18.33.02 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


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We arrived to Santa Teresa Gallura and the sun was shining.

Sardinia-3 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Santa Teresa Gullara CC-13 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr



We rode out to the near by Cabo Testa.

Screen Shot 2016-05-15 at 22.27.10 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Santa Teresa Gullara CC-14 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


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Today we have planned some coastal and mountain riding for about 240 km to Alghero.

Screen Shot 2016-05-14 at 18.38.35 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Screen Shot 2016-05-14 at 18.34.57 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


The forecast today is 80 % rain until noon an then 20%. The weather is moving away from us and so we had a late start at 11 almost managed to avoid the rain. That said we had cloud and some drizzle for less than an hour.


Alghero CC by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Alghero CC-2 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Alghero CC-3 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

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