The cycle path has a great smooth surface, no cars and is used by all types of cyclists from tiny wee kids to pelotons of club racers. It is also very well maintained, we came across this group trimming the verges. They even had a man with a hooter, just like you get with workers on British rail lines, who tooted whenever a cyclist was approaching (about every 30 seconds) and they all stopped their mowers and strimmers until the cyclists were past.
The cycle path even has trackside service stations purely for cyclists, eat your heart out Sustrans!
After a couple of coffee stops we arrived in the town of Trento at about one o'clock and decided that we would make that our destination for today. It is a lovely old town with a really nice piazza around the cathedral
There are however no campsites nearby so we have decided that we will just make do with The Grand Hotel.
This looks wonderful for cycling. How come you get this sort of thing all over Europe our efforts are so feeble. We could do stuff like this all over Scotland and maintain the cycleways properly instead of letting them become overgrown and littered. The Spanish have Via Verdes on old railway lines, well looked after. Up here they're mostly abandoned or poorly maintained. Well done Europe!
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