Lago di Lavarone, Italy, June 2024
Summer has begun and it's time to go to Italy again.
Thomas had already organised something in the winter and so we all met up at the Hotel al Lago on Lago di Lavarone.
We had different amounts of time and different leisure interests, but we spent the morning and evening together.
I joined the group on Sunday and had to return home a week later on Sunday.
The weather was not so kind. Quite a lot of rain at the beginning. Later, high temperatures and very high humidity. Nevertheless, we had some nice rides and saw and experienced a lot.
We are a group of nine, most of the participants come from Schwedt and surroundings and I am from Berlin
I ride over two days.
On the first day, I ride across Germany to the Austrian border. On the second day, I ride through the Ötz valley over the Timmelsjoch into Italy and then over various passes to the hotel on Lago di Lavarone.
The weather is not quite so merciful. It rains cats and dogs between Berlin and Leipzig. After a short coffee stop at Wolfgang's place, it rains heavily again on the last 60 kilometres to the intermediate destination in Jungholz.
The next day I start at 8 degrees and drizzle, but it stops quickly. At the Timmelsjoch it was 4 degrees and fog. In Italy it was initially dry before the rain set in again about 100 kilometres before the finish.
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We have chosen a tour to Monte Grappa.
We drive over beautiful passes and find the spectacular SP73 near Valstagna in the Brenta valley and the SP78 (Strada del Piovan) near Castelletto.
After Monte Grappa, the approaching rain drives us away from the planned route. But we stay dry.
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It's pouring cats and dogs. A tour is out of the question.
While the majority of us go shopping in Trento, Andreas, Axel and I decide to do a bit of sightseeing.
The first attempt to visit a nearby fort is not possible due to a 10 minute walk in heavy rain.
We then decide to drive to Longarone. There was a serious flood disaster there in 1963 when a landslide caused a reservoir to overflow and raze the village to the ground. More than 2000 people died as a result
A northern loop via Passo Lavaze and Passo Manghen is planned.
Thomas, Axel, Andreas and Peggy also join us on the tour that day.
We don't get away completely rain-free, but for the most part we stay dry and have a nice ride.
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We take a tour around Lake Garda.
The weather has calmed down and the sky is blue. We experience the beautiful mountain race track on Monte Bondone, quite a bit of heat and a lot of traffic on the banks of Lake Garda and great mountain roads with beautiful views to the lake. There is also a ferry crossing and a very pleasant lunch.
On this day, Andreas and I are accompanied by Frank and Axel.
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Our destination today is the Passo San Boldo.
At around 700 metres, the pass is not particularly high, but it is technically interesting and has a history.
The hairpin bends on the southern ramp are all built into the rock. The road was built in just 100 days by the Austro-Hungarian troops during the First World War in order to defeat the Italians. But the Italians won.
On this day, Andreas and I are accompanied by Thomas.
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I do the last tour with Andreas only.
We head north to the Mendel Pass, then over to the Rolle Pass and back over the Brocon Pass.
It's very warm in the valleys and there's quite a lot of traffic for a Saturday morning.
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