Yesterday we arrived in Trapani around 12 noon and had a wonderful lunch at a very nice restaurant. Trapani seemed very quiet compared to the chaotic Palermo!

Today we cycled up to a farmstay resort close to Calatafimi Segesta. The views have been great today and the roads very quiet. We are going to stay here 3 nights and do some day rides. They have a good restaurant too!

We had one adventure as we got close to the resort ... mud! After considering the 17km 250m ascent detour, we decided we could portage around the mud through a farmers vegetable field.

Alas, we exited the portage too soon and there was one wee bit of mud to glide over .. so we went for it!  Unfortunately the mud quickly wrapped around our wheels and clogged the brakes causing unmentionable words to fill the air.

20 minutes later we rolled into our accommodation and were warming welcomed by our very friendly hosts! (We used his hose to clean up our bikes!)

We will ask our host tonight which roads to avoid tomorrow!

Cheers

Harold and Marion