As you can see from last night's text msg, we are settled into our villa here for 5 or 6 nights. It is quite nice and as said we really enjoyed cooking a simple meal and enjoying some coffee using the expresso contraption! We had a great ride today after exploring another exit from Orbetella and some great roads heading into the hilly centre of Tuscany before hitting 3 or 4 really steep climbs mid afternoon in full sun! We found more water in Semproniano and then the hills were a lot more pleasant and we had fabulous views all the way in to Arcidosso at 108km maybe 1800m climbing. Don't know yet if tomorrow is a day off! It was a great day but wish I had found the easier southern track along the beach 8km earlier out of Orbetella!

Cheers .. more pics later!
Marion and Harold

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