So i continued my way east, title pic was taken on a gravel trail between Misurina and Auronzo di Cadore. Very fun section it was.
Then my plan was to go to Sauris and passo di pura but i met another tourer on the pass Sella Campigiotto and i teamed up with him for two days. He was on the road since april. We made our way towards Passo del Cason di Lanza, tackled a few good climbs on the way. Weather was a mixed bag. We got totally rained out at the end of that day and found shelter at some roofed terrasse of an abandoned house. That spot of my buddy was a godsend. Next morning we woke up to clear skies again.
We then continued our way and clouds were coming back but weather was still fine. Last night we didn’t see much but clouds, was really nice to see the beauty of the area now.
We descended to Paularo and sun was coming out. From here we started the really mean climb to Passo del Cason di Lanza. It was drizzling every now and then and on the last km before the pass it poured down on us like there was no tomorrow. Luckily there was a refuge on the pass where we could warm up a bit, have a tea. Rain wouldn’t stop though. So we eventually went on with the soggy descend to Pontebba. That downhill also had really steep ramps, just like our way up.
In Pontebba rain got a bit less, we continued for a bit. We ate something at a bar and got dead tired. Once on the bike again i felt my energy coming back though, my buddy didn’t however. He was looking for a place to crash, he felt a bit sick. I kinda wanted to keep going and eventually made the decision to leave him and cycled into Slovenia. It got kinda late, the sun came out again, it was beautiful light and i made another 45km, landing on a campsite eventually. Couldn’t believe it was still the same day we were sitting on that soggy pass. Weather looks grim for today, laying in my tent right now thinking about riding to Lubljana and take a room. Or i’ll just lay in my tent all day, could use a day off really.
*edit: sorry for the double post, i keep getting network errors. Also can’t delete the other post but i’ll keep trying.
Me thinking about staying in the tent for the whole day was of course just me procrastinating getting out of the cozy sleeping bag and into the downpour*. I eventually made it out, packed up and rode the 80km to Ljubljana. First 40km was absolutely pouring, the last was different grades of drizzle.
My routing app sent me over some sweet gravel shortcuts that built small lakes in the valleys and little creeks on the way up again. Just what you need when it’s pouring.
Took a room in Ljubljana for two nights, a luxury i haven’t had in a bit.
A good month into the tour and i feel like i’m an absolute machine at cycling right now.
*edit: and me making the post really, haha.