The Walled City of Lucca (Italy)

My second day of outdoor cycle training happened on rented cycles around the walled city of Lucca (a 'leaning tower' away from Pisa, Italy).

Before this starts sounding like a travelogue (maybe it already does!), let me assure you it's not :-)

My outdoor training schedule is for weekends, and of course, weekends are also for travel - so the only logical way of doing both is to cycle on weekends at places that I travel to...meeting my commitments to both!

The cycling adventure at Lucca gave me a good flavour of the sloping terrain I might encounter on my London-Paris ride - especially the ride up to Dover. In a nutshell - it's not easy. Nevertheless, I am told that the slopes on the London-Paris route are mostly sloping down (and not up) - I am counting on that being true!

Update on the bike - I am planning to place an order for my bike this week - so look out for the next post - and if you have any suggestions on which bike to buy, please send them in :-)

Until then...arrivederci!