Kat & Mat's big bike trip
Day 77 Mesolongi
Another day, another hill to wake us up. It was a very beautiful and winding route, fairly green but lots of thistles along the way. We got an encouraging toot and cheer from a truck on the way up.
After the descent we passed through an agricultural area, with fields of kiwis, citrus and olives interspersed with tractor showrooms and sack merchants. Most vehicles were utes. It was totally straight and flat which in theory is ideal but can feel a bit joyless.
When you spend time on roads you end up seeing quite a bit of roadkill. Along much of our route there have been plenty of snakes, and especially in Greece some fairly large ones. We've also seen quite a few mustelids -martens or something like that. And one thing that horrified us, but turned out to be a squashed watermelon!
We crossed onto a funny little island joined to both sides of the channel by low bridges and stopped for toasted sandwiches. Then it was another long straight road along salt pans until our destination.
The forecast was for thunderstorms this afternoon and we could see a big dark cloud with rain not far behind us, but we arrived just before the thunder.
We're in a huge annex apartment owner by a lady who lives upstairs. She showed us round in Greek but we mostly understood (we think).
Love, Kat & Mat x
On the day
💧 3L water
💧 1 cup of tea
🐾 1 herd of goat
💧 1 espresso
💧 2 yogurty water bottles
👀 2 yellow cars
🍕 2 bananas
🍕 4 toasted sandwiches
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