"Camaldoli ride from Hermit ..." Why this title for my post?
The idea came to Andrew on Monday after the ride ...
Want to know why? Follow
...!!!
Marcello Starting from an idea: to reach the Hermitage of Camaldoli through trails, roads, etc. ... The stay and return home the next day ... An attractive proposal immediately accepted by Alessio and Massy Group Mtb-Palaie Pelago
Ok, let's start!
After meeting at the start of Rufina (Fi), set for 7:30 am, they moved our towards Dicomano (Fi) and Pass Muraglione
not without having stopped at the local market to stock up on food and fruit ...
Some had also had the idea to buy a watermelon (watermelon) fly!
But as the cloudy weather and the lack of heat, perhaps best bananas and apples to fall back on this time ...
: D
The road that leads us to the foot of the Muraglione drive is empty! A nice thing for us! Once in
San Godenzo (Fi)
deviate right and continue to climb towards the village of
Castagno d'Andrea (Fi)
at the foot of Mount Falterona, which slopes, the river Arno
A Castagno d'Andrea (mt 700)
is a must first stop ...
A nice sandwich and a coffee mid-morning we're good now!
The weather continues to be bad, and it starts to drizzle down a fine ...
wait a little bit at the bar, wasting time with stops to the bathroom and 2 talk among ourselves ... When the time
seems to open up, we go back on the pedals and to rise to cntinuiamo
Source Borbotto (mt 1200)
boundary of
Casentino National Park
Monte Falterona and Campigna
The wooden sign welcomes you! We are inside the park ...
Another snack break and then back on the pedals, to
Step Piancancelli (mt 1455)
Inside the dirt road that leads to the Pitch, we do not feel that it is beginning to rain ...
We hear only thunder in the distance ...
The rich vegetation of beech us shelter from the rain is coming ...
Step Piancancelli (mt 1455) Now it's raining really!
We decide to get to the Refuge's Cabin, less than a kilometer from there ...
We shelter indoors, waiting for the rain ceases to fall as plentiful now!
But by the Refuge, surprise! found it closed!
We shelter as best under the canopy of the building ...
are about 14 hours ...
Expect the rain stops ...
We are confident because we see that the disturbance moves to give way to cloudy in the sky!
also began to get cold then ...
We opt for a stop at the Refuge
Passo della Calla (mt 1295)
distant from us less than 4 km ...
Let's start!
Even if the road is paved for the pitch and does not present major difficulties, we increased the discomfort comes from the cold! We hands frost!
So much so that I can not stop!
It 's so cold, I shiver in the saddle ...
I stop even halfway down the fork to check .. Davo blame her trembling on my bike!
Rifugio Passo della Calla, is open! The girl who sees us come look at us in strange ways ...
Siam wet, cold and have!
We sit at the table and we order just a nice hot tea and a piece of pie ...
Out in the meantime it continues to rain!
And we see from the window of the room, a guy with a road bike up to Passo, in short sleeves and in the rain ...
does not stop us, but once again!
Who knows where it came from and where he was ...
The hot tea of \u200b\u200bthe Refuge has put the world! It has now also stopped raining ...
And the sky is less gray than before!
So much so that open stunning views before our eyes ...
We are facing the ridge walk that will get us first
Poggio Scali (mt 1520)
and then a long descent to the hermitage of Camaldoli, our stop ...
Finally we arrived at 
Camaldoli Hermitage (mt 1030)
The descent was very challenging because of fund made slippery by rain and a number of leaves and mud!
We arrive at around 17:00 ...
A brief pause, and then we fly into a hotel, country of
Camaldoli (Ar) (mt 850)
about 4 km from there ...
we'll have a nice shower ...
that since the day we want to own!
forecasts for the next day bring sunshine ... Hopefully! In the meantime, see you tonight
the "battle plan", or try an alternative route for the return home ...
For once, the weather forecast have guessed! a bright sun and clear skies in the morning we wake up ...
After a nice breakfast, we find the time (so we take it easy this morning ...), to see some souvenirs to take home ...
The new "battle plan" for today is as follows; Go up a little in the direction of Camaldoli Hermitage, then turn left onto a dirt road that will take us to the village of
Pratovecchio (Ar) (mt 460)
and then
Be (Ar) (mt460)
From there, follow the asphalt road towards
Pass Consume (mt 1058)
where we stop for lunch before tackling the final descent towards
Pontassieve (Fi) (mt 150)
Way!
Pratovecchio Along the descent to the bike Massy starts to make noise! have entered the leaves in the movement back the sprocket ...
What added to the mud and dirt picked up yesterday, they do a nice mix!
a pit stop a little technical for greasing the chain and freewheel and Mtb is like new!
Be (Ar) is a country in celebration!
We find a fair and a market ...
that winds all along the town at the foot of the Passo della Calla ...
And then we will take the opportunity to make a walk!
From now on, 15 km climb! 
OMOMORTO or the bogeyman of all the cyclists who face the climb of the Passo della
Consume
by side Casentinese (Ar)
because of its slopes ...
But a vote past this point, get to the top is really a walk!!
We reached the summit and we stopped for lunch ... After the descent to Pontefract, we decided to stop to wash carwash Mtb in the country!
So from there the final arrival is within 10 km ...
cross the bridge over the River Sieve, a tributary of the Arno, and regained the left bank ... We
San Francisco (Fi)
fraction of
City of Pelago (Fi)
still 8 miles and we will finally be home ...
still 8 miles and we will finally be home ...
And we get to Rufina (Fi)
final destination of our pilgrimage ...
Greetings neighbors are ...
few more miles and leave us!
And I take this opportunity to rethink just spent 2 days ....
The time really has come to say goodbye ... Personally it was a great adventure!
But all we had and we met a little better ...
definitely an experience to repeat, maybe choosing another destination ...
I will throw them a name: Crete Senesi?
Alessio
(Mtb-Palaie Pelago)
you soon!
Graph of the first day The track is broken in Poggio Scali, because my GPS has stopped working due to dead batteries!
Until then, there were approximately 1900mt of altitude made up!
For a total of 60km events ...
Chart of the second day Here the track is complete instead!
1000m of altitude difference of about 60km and development ...
