Kat & Mat's big bike trip
Day 75 Vonitsa
A beautiful rolling start to the day along the coast which is very undeveloped and natural. Beautiful that is, right up until the moment Kat got bitten by a horsefly. In rushing to get away the toe clip on one pedal came off and she got bitten again while we tried to fix it.
We fled a kilometre up the road, stopped in the shade and Mat did some repairs. We got told off by an old lady for stopping in the road (there was zero traffic). Well, maybe that was her message. She seemed upset at us for some reason.
We had a sandwich on a shady bench on the beach then headed to the start of the Preveza tunnel which passes under the mouth of the Ambracian Gulf, a very beautiful but lengthy detour.
Bikes aren't allowed in the tunnel but the internet told us that if we turned up at the tunnel control center they would shuttle us to the other side - which they did! A very friendly guy loaded us into an emergency vehicle and regaled us with stories about the crazy antics cyclists get up to in the tunnel, before dropping us at the other end.
He said that they recently found a drunk, naked man strolling through the tunnel at 3am. And that they regularly have to call the police because cyclists start riding into the tunnel and then get angry when they're asked to leave. Mat apologised for being boring in comparison, the guy replied that they *love* boring.
After he dropped us off, we continued cycling around a military base and airfield, ignoring all the restricted area signs, and shortly afterwards completed our 3000th km!
After another sandwich under a shady eucalyptus we continued to Vonitsa and a welcome early check in to our apartment.
Love, Kat & Mat x
On the day
🐾 2 horsefly bites
🍕 1 banana
💧 6L water
👀 1 immersed tunnel
🎲 1 friendly shuttle driver
👀 1 yellow car
🐾 3 sleepy dogs on a staircase
🔧 1 broken washing machine
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