Change of plans

Wow. I have been off the air since Saturday for a very good reason, the dreaded COVID. I had a scratchy throat on Saturday and then woke up to full COVID symptoms on Sunday. Did a RAT and isolated. Unfortunately my accommodation was entirely unsuitable for isolation (shared bathroom) and with very limited ameneties (no A/C, no WiFi, no refrigerator etc. etc.) so after a couple of days I  relocated as safely as I could and now I am sitting out the rest of my isolation period.

At least the view is nicer!

Meanwhile the others enjoyed the Palio and the other cultural attractions of Sansepolcro although I'll have to leave it to them to tell you that story.

On Monday the rest headed off by bike and van. I hear that the ride down to Ponte Valleceppi was really good, and that the climb up to Todi on the Tuesday is quite steep! Unfortunately I also heard that Kate now has COVID and is stuck in Todi.

So in a few days when my isolation ends I will ride down to Todi and join up with Kathleen there. We will take the bikes on the train from Narni back to Rome and then down to Barletta, riding to rejoin Chris and Keith at Lavello.  I guess the experience of the last few days is that plans have to be flexible.