Never give up …

Another magical day.  We are off the bikes today, a stroll into town to one of the many ski lifts, this morning it is Cima Tofana (west), unfortunately due to cloud cover we can only go as far as the first stop – Col Druscie; there are 4 stops in total. The views are breathtaking, and we choose to trek down the narrow paths back to town.

The mall is not overcrowded lots of hikers equipped with poles.  A great day for walking. 

As we are surrounded by mountains we venture to another ski lift on the east, it is closed but a taxi and jeep offer a shuttle service to Faloria.  Yes please!!, so up the mountain by road passing walkers and cyclists … yikes 12% gradient I see on a road sign.  We quickly change to a jeep on a very bumpy track.  We arrange to stay 1 hour, the cloud cover is quite bad … have we made the wrong choice?  Signage up a steep hill in the clouds … I can see people in the distance so head up, the clouds close in.  John says, ‘that’s it, I’m not going any further!’ ‘Okay’, I say.  Ditto … ditto … I keep going, at times I couldn’t see 200m in front just the limestone track.   A couple pass by, Don’t give up! They say.  I reach the top and the clouds clear and sun breaks through … voila!! 

Back down the hill and feeling out of place as we ‘walk’ on the cycle path … it’s still I highway of bike tourers, bike packers and families on bike.  A group gathered at an intersection … a mobile gelato cart doing a roaring trade … and one for me!!! 

As I blog … I can see the cycle path traffic from the hotel window. Followed by an aperitif in lobby/bar.