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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.
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NORD!
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7112/...1ebbf05a_b.jpgCorsica-12 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7730/...f72a2bfc_b.jpgCorsica-13 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7101/...9b1974cb_b.jpgCorsica-11 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7522/...9f506530_b.jpgIMG_5863 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7709/...217346d8_b.jpgIMG_5867 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7423/...ea1ab23e_b.jpgIMG_5865 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7347/...e0b57633_b.jpgIMG_5866 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7056/...50227b1b_b.jpgIMG_5872 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr |
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.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7623/...b5e8eb45_b.jpgIMG_5875 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7594/...691fd5c2_b.jpgIMG_5881 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7342/...f2bd3f33_b.jpgFILE2532 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7770/...5e9a2f85_b.jpgIMG_5883 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7611/...e19a9539_b.jpgFILE2548 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr These guys did not think the counter clockwise think thru! https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7431/...62bb070b_b.jpgFILE2557 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr |
The wild west coast of the Cape.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7550/...0b158cdb_b.jpgFILE2597 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7628/...dbb6a399_b.jpgCorsica-16 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7547/...21fb22c6_b.jpgFILE2618 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7573/...015e2291_b.jpgFILE2621 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7171/...477fea7c_b.jpgCorsica-15 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7717/...f225ab23_b.jpgCorsica-14 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7540/...519b1a33_b.jpgFILE2657 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr |
We arrived to Lile-Rousse just before the torrents of rain started! It did not last too long.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7677/...7d539a67_b.jpgCorsica by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr The forecast is still sketchy, but despite that we woke to sunshine again. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7330/...5ee71a81_b.jpgCorsica-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. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7138/...157e7a28_z.jpgScreen Shot 2016-05-12 at 19.22.57 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr |
The road at time was very narrow and hanging on the cliff. The views of the crystal blue sea were stunning.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7218/...f571d3a0_b.jpgCorsica-3 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7442/...a1494237_b.jpgFILE2760 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7063/...b1655139_b.jpgCorsica-4 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7558/...d527eaff_b.jpgFILE2755 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7077/...010879b3_b.jpgFILE2775 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7479/...259daee0_b.jpgFILE2757 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7659/...3fc25bc5_b.jpgFILE2778 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7060/...e5b7d416_b.jpgCorsica-6 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7605/...265e4c83_b.jpgFILE2788 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7789/...1efef352_b.jpgFILE2780 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7140/...400edd36_b.jpgCorsica-7 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7728/...64767762_b.jpgCorsica-8 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7686/...ea89a528_b.jpgFILE2828 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7534/...a095b5b6_b.jpgFILE2829 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7187/...6589bba4_b.jpgFILE2888 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7785/...a507f247_b.jpgFILE2889 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7324/...7d2f4dbc_b.jpgFILE2895 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7276/...105657d4_b.jpgCorsica-5 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7673/...646d2b19_b.jpgFILE2916 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr |
Sometimes there were some obstacles on the road!
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7127/...18099e32_b.jpgFILE2852 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7050/...c81cc711_b.jpgFILE2855 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr Stopped for the selfie of the day! https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7646/...17f7bee4_b.jpgCorsica-9 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7245/...c44048fe_b.jpgIMG_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. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7261/...42092dc9_b.jpgCorsica-10 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7787/...6edcb1be_b.jpgCorsica by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr |
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.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7199/...ed81ba8a_b.jpgScreen 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! https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7632/...425b1df9_b.jpgBonifacio CC by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7772/...af4bb558_b.jpgBonifacio CC-2 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7627/...504c19cf_b.jpgBonifacio CC-3 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7182/...d9e5ea20_b.jpgBonifacio CC-4 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr |
Oh well we rerouted and found some great roads up over the mountains and thru sell villages hanging on the cliffs.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7270/...72025646_b.jpgBonifacio CC-6 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr Then we headed up onto the pass for some spectacular scenery and a cool 9 degrees. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7023/...312dd4e0_b.jpgSanta Teresa Gullara CC by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7061/...6637c280_b.jpgSanta Teresa Gullara CC-2 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7716/...94e0b306_b.jpgCorsica by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7377/...f31190e2_b.jpgCorsica-2 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7524/...d88eaaa7_b.jpgSanta 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. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7712/...6b0e9bdb_b.jpgSanta Teresa Gullara CC-4 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7174/...01a1f23e_b.jpgSanta Teresa Gullara CC-5 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr |
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.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7485/...3c88653a_b.jpgSanta Teresa Gullara CC-6 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7667/...18cf2be7_b.jpgSanta Teresa Gullara CC-7 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7004/...f1116bcc_b.jpgSanta Teresa Gullara CC-8 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7730/...161fe72d_b.jpgSanta Teresa Gullara CC-9 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7098/...fcbf48dd_b.jpgSanta Teresa Gullara CC-10 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7361/...3c6a2fc9_b.jpgSanta Teresa Gullara CC-11 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7393/...171d4faf_b.jpgSanta Teresa Gullara CC-12 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7502/...f637459f_b.jpgSardinia-2 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7014/...5fa1e18e_b.jpgSardinia by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr |
We did get some incredible views as we were leaving the harbour.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7667/...1d4f6be9_b.jpgCorsica-4 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7688/...6cccdde8_b.jpgCorsica-3 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7610/...36f42068_b.jpgSanta Teresa Gullara CC-15 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7039/...d0fef755_b.jpgSanta Teresa Gullara CC-16 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7077/...2d43cff3_b.jpgSanta Teresa Gullara CC-17 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr |
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.
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We arrived to Santa Teresa Gallura and the sun was shining.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7162/...4fc1f917_b.jpgSardinia-3 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7293/...36d51ed6_b.jpgSanta Teresa Gullara CC-13 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr We rode out to the near by Cabo Testa. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7400/...10252855_b.jpgScreen Shot 2016-05-15 at 22.27.10 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7650/...a0a8a2f3_b.jpgSanta Teresa Gullara CC-14 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7680/...b8c572c3_b.jpgSardinia-4 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7045/...55a77b1f_b.jpgSardinia-5 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7120/...e79590da_b.jpgSardinia-6 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr |
Today we have planned some coastal and mountain riding for about 240 km to Alghero.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7715/...4f8515fa_b.jpgScreen Shot 2016-05-14 at 18.38.35 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7439/...dcf10e7e_b.jpgScreen 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. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7707/...feceabf3_b.jpgAlghero CC by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7245/...f2357dc6_b.jpgAlghero CC-2 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7407/...9be0bea4_b.jpgAlghero CC-3 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7749/...49711469_b.jpgSardinia by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr |
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