Some mire great lakeside cycling took us to the Swiss border and with the border police showing little interest we cycled with all our contraband into Switzerland !
Almost immediately you could feel / sense a difference - places looked cleaner, the bakery smells were more pronounced and the prices had just about doubled!
We cycled on to busy roads to Bellizona and picked up the Swiss cycle velo route that would hopefully guide as over the Alps. Kev got immediate first hand experience of the cost of living in Switzerland with an $8 salad sandwich despite his protests
The cycle route on small roads and paths would have been scenic if not for power lines, cement factories and quarries which seemed to block any shot of the mountains. My 2nd puncture on the trip occurred soon after but with KH's help we were soon back on the go with some real
climbing (10+% in small sections) that gave for great views of the massive freeway system high up that seemed to run around and through the mountains
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| Massive Freeways ! |
With light fading because of the high sided valley we were in we settled fir overnight accommodation at Faido just 20kms from the big climb at Airolo. We ended up sharing our hotel with half the Swiss Army and made a mental note not to upset them during our stay.
Finally a dinner with some meat - Schitzel x 2 had us feeling part satisfied after way too
much pasta of late. We went to bed realising that tommorrow would bring us to face what we'd come for the 34km climb over the St Gotthard pass hoping our 3 months of cycling would help us endure!
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| Climbing the valley ! |
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