I had talked to Karl for a good while and we were joined by 2 Greek guys who said they were part of the 1000mods stage crew driving their gear to Frankfurt.

As per usual I missed my turn and had to ride with the trucks put of Bari port. But this put us onto a cycle track north out of town, that took me onto a main road.  Deciding there must be something better than the main road I took a right turn towards the sea. Of course there was a coast road all the way north.

25 kms, a coffee, a bakery delight, later and a long conversation with a French cycle tourist I saw a camp site swung in and pitched up.

I had minimal sleep last night snd thought a very early stop today would do me some favours.

I got out my Komoot route designer. And readjusted my route. I had designed 2 but I was not satisfied with either.  And the new route is away from the flat coastal road and into the mountains. Campsites are hard to find in the mountains but I have weaved a route getting to a few 🤞🤞here’s hoping it all works out.

Follow the dots for my route. https://share.garmin.com/acoupleofdaysrideoutta