Day 22 Citadella - Mestre

Well yesterday's guess of 30 miles to Venice was spot on.  Despite the lack of cycle paths our route was pretty straightforward following the minor roads through a series of small towns.  The landscape was much less spectacular than the last week or so, but the roads were flat, smooth and fairly quiet.  It was hot today, about 35 degrees, but we got a decent breeze as we swept along at a fairly fast pace, wheeching round roundabouts like a 2 man breakaway in the Tour de France (although carrying a bit more luggage!)

We had no problems finding our way into Mestre and the Hotel Vivit which will be our base for the next 2 nights before flying home.  The hotel is in a great location in one of the main Piazza's of Mestre ( the mainland part of Venice). The shopping is also excellent and has been taken advantage of, well as much as is possible with limited space in Sandra's panniers. Tomorrow  we'll have a wander round Venice itself. Unfortunately my camera has decided to pack in so I'll need to see how the new phone works as a camera, the results so far seem ok.

That's virtually all of the biking done for this trip and it feels a bit weird not to be planning tomorrow's route, although Sandra's already wondering where we're going next year!

Today's miles 30

Total miles1160