Day 2 of the Via Francigena (52km)

October9

52km / 2 hours 56 minutes / 402m gain

I had a great ride today. The B&B had an amazing breakfast of meats, cheese, and bread. Nice to have some treats :)

I stopped at a local market near Fort Bard early in the morning and got some sausage, bread, grapes, and apples for the ride. I ended up spending an hour at the fort this morning. When Napolean came through, the fort held off his army of 40,000 for 2 weeks with only 400 soldiers and 20 guns. Pretty incredible spot to control the flow of traffic between France and Italy.

Below you can see a Roman road with wheel tracks in the stone. There is so much history in this area :)!

Tomorrow is a pretty easy day, followed by two hard days of 70km. With where hotels land it isn’t always easy to stack things up nicely (especially when you book as you go). Should be fun :)

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