After that there was a fantastic descent down a wee single track road with loads of hairpin bends. It had been closed to traffic due to subsidence but fortunately we were able to get out at the bottom where we ended up in the small village of Cismon del Grappa for breakfast. The valley of the river Brenta is really narrow at this point and the village is entirely surrounded by huge cliffs, in winter it must make Kinlochleven look like a sun trap!
We then carried on down the river Brenta with steep mountains on either side until we came to Bassano del Grappa where the alps very suddenly stopped and we were on to the flat plain just west of Venice.
Unfortunately not only did the alps stop suddenly, so did the cycle tracks. We had originally planned to go the whole way from Arsie to Venice in one day, but as we still have a spare day in hand we decided to stop off early at a hotel in The walled town of Citadella which probably leaves us about 30 miles to Venice tomorrow
Miles today 40
Miles total 1130
Ascent today 948 feet (which was surprising as most of it felt downhill after our initial climb)
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