Decided that i should have a break and find out more about san remo so got up early and battled my way to the indoor market. Magnifico. Spent a good hour just wandering round the fruit and veg area just looking at the stalls and watching the locals. There was everything from freshly picked funghi to home grown vegetables (there is a section of the market where smallholders can bring there produce as well as the more usual greengrocers etc.)
Having purchased the staple items for lunch, goats cheese, salad and fresh bread. I stopped for a quick coffee and then wandered back to the boat.
I then decided to explore the old town. Amazing. All the streets are only about 4-5 feet wide and almost completely covered the houses are 6 or seven stories high and in a lot of places they have built out over the paths to join up and form tunnels. The trek up to the chapel at the top was a killer but the view was worth it!!
Then it was back for a spot of lunch before going out for a bike ride.
Before i go any further let me just describe the bikes..... small wheeled folding, five gears, folding pedals, just about right for a quick trip to the shops.....
So i set off on the new cycleway that used to be the rail track east.... Lisa had told me that she tends to go to the end in taggia and then come back... about 45 mins if you sprint. So off i went looking at the view and always wanting to know what was around the next corner.
The trip to the end that Lisa had described was great...really flat and smooth but i just wanted to know where all the cyclists in lycra where going next as i kept meeting them going both ways and they surely weren't out just for half an hour so off i went through the town and after a few junctions i found the next section of track....
So i just kept going.....sort of a forest gump moment really.......my legs were feeling good and the track was flat and there was no wind. perfect.
It was just fantastic past farms and bays just wanting to know what was around the next headland. I even passed a Lidl.....
Much much later i came through the most amazing tunnel with warning signs saying beware this tunnel is over 1km and could take 20mins to walk through. I can honestly say it was the strangest feeling, Cycling in a tunnel that had bends so you couldn't see the end (it had lighting) and the only sound was the clicking of the gears....
So eventually i found another break in the cycleway and decide to turn back. For those interested i had just cycled from san remo to san lorenzo al mare on a folding bike!!!
The trip back was a test of stamina, considering i normally only cycle around Cowes town centre......
But eventually i made it back to the boat....
Very saddle sore....almost unable to open my hands and by now quite cold....
So i looked up where i had been... San remo to San Lorenzo al mare old town..... approx 22km.....
EACH WAY!!!
Now i know why i hurt so much....
But undaunted after a quick shower and change it was back out into the lights of San Remo for Pizza and window shopping........
So to sum up today:
Great fun,
Great views,
Lovely market,
VERY SORE BUM!!!!!
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