Italy combines great food, breathtaking landscapes, and an overabundance of historic buildings dating back millennia. But how is it for cycling? In this episode of Long Way North (vol 4.), Oscar Boyd and his friends cycle the length of Italy, starting out in Sicily and working their way through Matera, Rome, Siena and Bologna, before finishing up in the Italian Alps. The trip was 2,000km in all, with 20,000 meters of climbing, over 19 days.
My past adventures:
For more photos and words from the trip, check out https://oscarboyd.substack.com or follow me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oscar.boyd/
Many thanks to everyone who helped make this trip and film possible, and especially to Milo Boyd, Joe Iles, Gabriele Bortolotti, Alexis Jerome, Felix Avery, Fredrik Eriksson & Richard Deane for riding with me.
A huge thank you to Sophie Poston at @raphafilms for supporting us with kit.
Music is by my sister, @AliceBoydMusic. Her latest album is Cloud Walking. It’s great, check it out, support her by buying a vinyl: https://www.aliceboyd.info/projects/cloud-walking
Chapters:
00:00 – Intro
01:20 – Sicily & Mt. Etna
04:15 – The Ferry to Calabria
06:30 – Tropea, the Prettiest Village in Italy
10:00 – Dogs!
12:48 – A Difficult Day Out
16:00 – Matera & Gravina
20:53 – A Challenging River
23:00 – The Team Grows
26:45 – Rome
31:18 – Saturnia Hot Springs
34:40 – The Strada Bianche
36:30 – Siena
40:17 – Bologna
45:00 – Lake Garda
49:00 – The Alps & Fairytale Castles
53:00 – The Finish Line
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Thanks for watching. I'm planning to make a how to guide for anyone interested in doing something similar. Let me know if you have any questions you'd like me to answer in the comments. Follow all my adventures at oscarboyd.substack.com.
It was a pleasure doing business with you sir!
Cannot wait for this guide to come out! Looks incredible