Sicily

Day 1- Palermo to Santo Stefan Quisquina.....103km, 1533m of climbing Day 2- SSQ to Agrigento....75km 1200m climbing Day 3- Agrigento to Geracei...107km 1600m climbing Day 4- Geracei to Nicolosi...115km 2542m climbing Day 5- Nicolosi to Taormina...82km 1543m climbing Day 6- rest (and be thankful!) Taormina Day 7- Taormina to the ferry at Messina and then to Palmi...85km 1126m climbing

well I had to have a day off on day 5 as day 4 shattered me totally..my gearing is too unfriendly.  I'm borrowing one of the staff's compact cranks until i can find a bike shop that has one to sell me.  the steepness is less of an issue than the length of the hills/mountains.

First day wet wet wet then sunny.

I'm writing this in an internet shop while my computer is being fixed...so no pix and can't access my facebook page as I can't answer their security questions!  I must have put down a false birth date to prevent identity theft and can't recall what I put!

Am having fun!