addition to Villar - then 6th july

I was in such a relaxed mode I forgot to mention the hand bike competition we had at the horse jumping competition which had been set up on the ski car park. It was an amazing set up considering the car park is on a slope and the arena was flat.

Anyway as we all wandered round the stalls and displays we noticed a hand bike where you could get timed over 400m. So George went first and apart from uncomfortable it looked tough. He glided his way to a very good time of around 51secs. So the gauntlet was thrown and the Welshman took up the challenge, however due to a technical hitch we had time to take on some legal performance enhancing substances before our turn.

When it was fixed Lawr took centre stage and thrashed his way to a good time beating the Paralympic athlete’s time by 0.1sec.

So now it was my turn;  let’s just say I’ll not be ask to be even a reserve on the team..

Saw a couple of guys out on similar bikes in Stelvio, they made it look so easy.

6^th Abulapass (2312m)

We have driven over some ridiculous roads to the east and are now in German speaking Switzerland and were nearly trampled off the road in a cow drive. The roads are very wet and twisting but they would make a lovely route of a sadistic cycle tour. Have stopped at the pass as we are tired and weather is pants. Hope it clears for some views tomorrow.

Highs – new part of trip, met Strickland’s in Villars

Lows – complex roads off motorway

Note – pylons above us are crackling in the heavy rain..