Greece 2023 Day 17 Stage 16

Friday July 14th, San Severo to Bisceglie

We got are release papers early, with a crossiant, cold water and capacinnos all good and on the road to Bari. Plenty of time so just taking our time, on the deserted old highway, flat as a pan and straight as an arrow:  what have the Romans ever done for us.

First 35 mile done in a flash, stopped in a little coffee shop in Trinitopoli for a coffee and soft drinks. Then push on a bit further at a steady pace, nice to just take it easy for a change, less than 50 mile to Bari, what could possibly go wrong!

Another impromptu stop in the centre of Apilia, lovely spot on the green,  sure they got the bill wrong,  13 euros ! for 4 beers each, but paid up and moved on.

Only a couple of miles for a proper lunch stop.

Met a lovely couple of fellow travellers, they had just finished doing athe Camio de Santiago pilgrimage walk,  truly amazing sisters with great stories to tell, pretty humbling, will make a lasting impression on me.  Total respect girls and thanks for helping with the translation stuff and making the lunch stop so good, will definitely have a look at your book. [Ed: this was Nicole Bukaty and her sister. Nicole is currently writing the Vía de la Plata and Camino Sanabrés guidebook for Cicerone.]

faccia buon viaggio

D, K and D

Well told you nothing can go wrong,  as we ambled into the small fishing port Biscengile, got the bikes sorted.

Then big Dave came down with a stomach upset, straight away he said food poisoning, he stayed in the apartment with plenty ofbottled water, Bingo and went down to the harbour, for a very small meal, all three of us are shattered. I followed Dave and was violently sick, then Bingo threw up as well, truly horrible experience.

We think it may be some dodgy water we had, as none of us ate the same.

Luckily we only had 26 miles on the flat to finish tomorrow, not sure we can make it though.