Longest day yet, 330km all but 120 of them off road. Some of the best riding of the trip. It will be the last year you can do it though. They are building a new two lane blacktop along the same route. We cross this from time to time as the dirt track zigzags along. The landscape here was planed flat by glaciers and polished by meltwater. The fields of pebbles give the road builders their raw materials. All they need do is scrape away the thin top soil, compact the stone and spread tarmac on top. Job done.
Pictured is our ageing support vehicle. "La Bestia" will welcome the new road even if the riders will mourn its passing.
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