Greece 2023 Day 18 Stage 17

Saturday July 15th, Bisceglie to Bari

Well that was a night to forget!

Shame as we had a nice spacious apartment just off the bustling quay side.

While all three of us spent the entire night in and out of the rest room facilities.

Good job we had planned this tour so well, leaving a little 26 mile jaunt today. Even that scared us as we hesitantly left the apartment, heading to the port city of Bari, then on to Corfu.

Just steady away as we made our way to the Port, not much was said, just concentrating on keeping all the bodily functions intact. Sorry for the detail but it was difficult.

We had only drunk water this morning from a bottle I had, lesson to self, do not be so blasé about the local water.

Stopped in a little coffee shop, all good news all three of us managed to have a cappuccino and hold it down, thanks for small mercies.

Stopped again for an ice-cream now, not sure if it was a good idea, but it was so hot and we had checked the rest rooms out.

Only had a short hop to the ferry terminal, actually booked and settled for the air conditioned lounge, shame we could not enjoy the marina restaurants, but we are experienced in resting after another great tour.

Thanks to Bingo and Dave, great company as always, terrific riding and brilliant navigation skills: we didn’t get lost once.

A few uncorroborated statistics

Distance in Miles	Number of Days	Average per Day
1440.1	18	80

Rider	Event
Dale	Puncture
Bingo	Gravel track did not remove cleats quickly enough
Dave	Gravel track did not remove cleats quickly enough
Dave	Hit a bush on a cycle track
Dave	Snapped a chain

Rider	Bike	Brakes	Wheels
Bingo	Cannondale Tourer	disc	700mm
Dave	Surly Long Haul Trucker	disc	26in
Dale	Surly Long Haul Trucker	caliper	26in