Over the Spectacular Korithian Canal.

Stats of the day

Distance travelled: 95kms

Meters of elevation: 313m

Time riding: 4hours

Accumulated kms: 277kms

Budget: again way over

Daily Disasters: 1. Waited 30 mins for gate to open, 2. A truck drove so close I dropped the C bomb at full volume,

Oh the joy of a good night’s sleep. I awoke at 6.30 had a little breakfast of doughnuts and yoghurt, packed my stuff up, said goodbye to the Swiss cyclists. Got to the entrance it’s locked, and the second entrance is locked. Grrrrrrrrr. I waited. 30 mins. 🤷‍♂️

A guy shouted the road was closed, of course arrogant cyclist ignored him. The bollard blocked road i sidled through, luckily. I rode down the concrete drainage channel for 200m and bumped into the road I wanted to be on.

Many roads here (like most countries) have had utilities put in after the road has been laid. But they dig a 10cm wide trench and put in the cable/pipe, whatever, then backfill. Usually there are 2 or 3 like tram lines. Often with a little lip just to cause fear when traversing them.

Snake not run over by me I hasten to add.

Komoot always takes cyclists, well me at least, to this bridge

As you can see from my photo it is temporarily closed, but it is serviced by a minor road, possible the most uninspiring crossing of the Korinthian canal ever. But really we want to be guided to this

I know it’s spectacular. 😲

But it is serviced by a bigger road and lots of these

My road was flat but with the beautiful bay of Korinth on my right I enjoyed every moment.

My Open bike is light, about 8.5kgs. My baggage is possibly 10kgs lighter than previous recent trips. I have got my saddle into a position where my ass isn’t killing me constantly. I better be careful I’ll be enjoying myself soon. 😃

I have sort of got into the habit of stopping quite early. I like getting my tent set up washing my cycling clothes and knowing they’ll be dry in the morning. I have stayed at https://www.akrata-beach-camping.gr/index.php/en/home before and so when I saw it come up on the map I went in like a rat up a drainpipe.