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An artilcle by a chap called Abraham Cohen who cycled from Calais to Brindisi
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Page 1: Calais-Brindisi

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I had.linbcd 6,.100 nrdrcs, .over.dsi2krn ldwxsst l2skm short ofIhe 60okm larg.t. I N$ surc I.ould

One. f thepr .b leN I h ld onmy ride Nrs tlut rllthe hotels inwhr.h I stqtd.harged nr brerkrinso I i{onld hale nr lerk rhe h.tekIrter in ordei ro be $l-" h ert nvbreiktu!. lhissL.tted ne r.omlealingern! {hi.l.,in ne dearlt1n termsofharingnr ride Lre inhthc nignt to x.hiert m,v trgd flr

On anolher dar I Nas.Klingalong ta$ing all these litde pla.esand rhsewsnowhere ro lind Narc.I $as lhnslr nnd hot inAigr.nont.Icouldn t rake ir anrmorc. As I hca.di no ise , l . sk loud l l i i l hac \as rshoP nearbl r lovely old ladr anddn old guy boked dr me rr),irgr,im*.then minds upnlDt I kasdoing. I told thcm I ivrsdornSth(br$rto \\hcn I lookcd at hn ia..hc h.d x spa* in his.]ts. H. srdl'OhAudaxlh! Fren.h: So I repled:'Ycs,

,v.s btrt I'm tfom lnghnd. oiI don't know hr d tr&L livingr EnglmdlI m alwalsc.ntusedwhcn pcoplc ask m. wh.rc I m tr.nlThe hell I don't kno$r ]\nd therert.rnrdi so r.u.\.le trll the wd riomkrael? l \ondered ial $.!ld hire

up or th. bik. rnd pushidg hrrdI suddcnlr h.rrd a loud noLse.fthe.h.in br.al.ng.I looked at rhechain a.d look.d rt th.bik.; I drdntRrllvkn.s trhar lodo:r\t the topofthe hill I \r$ r house ind \valkednry bike rhere trirh rhe chain innrrh d I ieededaslreq dnve.rnavbe r lrln ol plie6 I kno.kedon thedo.i r Fren.h guylookedatme ruspiciousll I shortdhinr thcrhain and ridd aith bod,v langu.geto.xplain hin hhdr I needed Alittle whil.l.tcr h. r.alis.d he \3snot gorng to 5e. thc ba.koinre.lle*enl back rn,8ot nro s.r.wdrnrrsand ! p.n ol pli.b. I had mysurgi.JgLokson so pushingand hr'isring Inranaged to put thc.hxin toScthcronlvtorealiselt would r.ftr naron. ̂ thoughtc.nr.to nrYnnd: lnded r ne\L pinl I had gon€ throughmr brg thr.wng rhinSs.n rhe ioorscrr.hing ior rhis par !nd rheiei t \as l I p i .k dup nrymul r l too land now I r.alised lddnineedrs.r.\driver \tr,v quickl\t I hgu.edout hoNtoe\tra.t theoU pnr dndhl thc.ex one lit wI m) li.st rihelixrng a.hain). lle lo.ked at me Knhamus.m.nl bc.aus.l was nlkrn8 allthe\e noises in Engnsh. Soon ahc.lt.ok.liandnenr on mr war

lrom thereon I kro( il\€rveasv

Trying to rely on my GPS proved lruitless so Ikqt slopping people asking them for directionstorell hi,n nvlifd no4 Bv rhe tineI \ras sittnrg rs (;ues.l H.n.ur inthctr krl.hcn, dfnrking rn jc. .oldcoke,l had plentr oftinc to cxplarnlo nrv.omplex rlentit,vlo them1l{ the okl nmn. whose namc $asserge !.!doin, pulled out allthcold nsvspapds showlns nr thathe wtu vcry lanous in luiucl1992.I warntqutcsurc I mdc6to.dc\crlrhnrg conc.ll,ras thcrc srs llangnaSe barrier Hednl Alpe d'Hu.z1:l liner non nop in 2.1hou6 Hilbod\ undetue.r nr6d tcs( nrseeh.w itreaded t the efecrs oarhefide I underslo.dhe lse.l tobehandictrpped belore this So llera. hour oichlring, dri.king andresrinBl had lo sa,v ml goodb),es.l1 {!s !uile energi5inB, sitling andtalki.S to theser{o 6\esand I aclt

Ch rbir,v, xl 390kmhrsncxlon nry hst, r'ith 10,193 nr.trcs.hmbon Srtufdar l6th Augd. lhc hillsmd thc nrountint stxded to caN.harc..I fclt i was gctting st.oDgerso I.y.lcd up thchills st dnrg up.Howcrcr, that Farti.dar hill waslery necp, a hard.linb up andthcrcirsaverl iast ri.le dolvn and thenup dd up aganr s.b.rn tobed\{n ner, Fui l.yrl slaie, nrnding

wirh rhebike I knew I needed iorepla.e the .h!in and r .a\erte a\soon as possrblc. l atrned rt (:ol delllt. CenF al l0:30.nr onSundrrrilh Augusr total.Imb l:.500nrrnd I had.overcd L,0l6knr.I r{asbr.k on tn.k. the knr.ount so,ngwdl, the ncather xns bcautililand*d the d,nrb itrlirasnt thathrd.As I arnd onto th.ltalian sde.lhel a longJollrlridc downh lbr{tuirea whilebui then. ne} problcnrstrted Heredd lhere I.ould nolhrd dre signposts living to.elvon my (iPS pi.ved liuitle\s$ Ikepr stopping pe.tle asking lhemnr dtre.rions lher {ere ver,r nice,alwrys smiling, riLing quenionind tving ki help me as nuch asthe l .ou ld l le l r3b i r norea t hom€in ltalli there wN r good ene.grtlosrng tfom rh. people.

Tortona: Itond.y l3th Augusrrl:10 am (ot.l.limb 14,rum. Imanaged to lind a bi.ltlc shoF wilha nice Italian grg: th. shop sas.lread.r dosd br lun.h. bur aliershorving him mI brcrcl.ard, h. pDlth. bike on lhc st.nd with i sDileon his fa.e. Likeanagician rrh notind t. str.e, he replaced tbe chain.asdte, adjNred lhegeld Md elentrucd the tfod wheel lt\ra r€d

tlrill rrl.h,ng hin \itu kno*a

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lhdr &r I lrrired al rhe holelilround hidni8hl i rra(ed mu.hh.'e gefling l$t aDd lhcn I.onldn'teet up h rht nd.ning I rhend..id.d I should relr on tleGl,sas l *ast€d too mu.h lrnrc asturg

Fople,orlhe right dncdrons. AlicrnamFing mr bre\cl.ard in Tonona,I pul mI ne\t destrnation on thc GPSCastell r\rquato. Thc GPS shoFcdnre 122\nr.I chc.ked lhc rotrtclh€et and il shoEd llokm loYclrlI didnr nind rnlingan extn lloso rhar I .onld foll.\r the CPS nnilI \as ridirg rlorS up and do$n INas us.d lo this bt now but lhen Istart.d to go up a up Froni 100.rlo l[loonr nrr. ric lokl! Allx andnrr darlinSCPS Nanled ro m*e me.ross thcm. Thes. 'nountalns Ner.mu.h hirdrr to .limb tld the aoldu \ l t . Ccnn. l r s tsne .pa l l t le

{a_Y up. On the way down, I lrctc,v.1ist, Marzelo. I aslcd hinr rfrt wasnecessar,! lo .ro$ thc AlPs to gctto caslell Arquato. rlis answcr wasa sinplc no: \t mdc togcther tillCastellArqualo. Hc otired nre a bedlherebui I{anted to qdc a bitnrorcro.o!er Lhe 200tn dehijusl lo beon ihe sale side.I uanderedlhroughlhis bcautiiul pr.iuresque crN t*ingphotos.I must sxr thk ridetook

beaubtnl af .nnectur., lovel,v litlleroads bur the presure ro .on,deLenr lrsk slopped me liom errolinSthc lranquilllt,v of ltrc pla.cs. llr..loct {asliclii.B$ I leli m,vliicndard helded txardi Sal!,.rag8imelefiD, lhn uas d beaulilul liltlesfr lo\i, m! Lind of tldce 10 $ak

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