Cycling the Via Francigena - Part 2 - Pavia to Lucca - Family Bike Tour - Episode 11

Between June 3rd and June 8th, 2023, our family biked along the Via Francigena from Pavia to Lucca. This documents our 4-part journey toward Rome.
This was part of a 5 month long family bike tour of Europe we did on sabbatical.
See a playlist of all of the videos in order here • European Family Bike Tour
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Music: Flying Through Stars by Kabes (lofigirl.bandc...)
0:00 Intro
0:23 Day 57: Pavia to Corte Sant'Andrea
4:33 Day 58: Corte Sant'Andrea to Castromezzo
8:31 Day 59: Castromezzo to Cassio
10:10 Day 60: Cassio to Aulla
17:49 Day 61: Aulla to Massa
20:39 Day 62: Massa to Lucca

[@The_Solo_Hiker]

So nice.

[@Onechance2345]

Do you find that everyone will help you with your bike lockup or do you contact your lodger first to inquire then choose that place to stay?

[@pedalpowerfamily]

We brought 2 locks for our 4 bikes. At campgrounds, we just locked the bikes together unless we left the campground, then we locked them to whatever we could. On our pilgrimage routes, the albergues always had a place to lock bikes (also see bicigrino.com). Elsewhere (hotel/apartment), we made sure they could accommodate our bikes. Our bikes are also about as low-end as they come which also serves as a theft deterrent.

[@sarahmuir5889]

Why is it so empty? Is it because the people where having a siesta?

[@pedalpowerfamily]

We were in Piacenza on a Sunday morning so it was quiet. Most of our route was on back roads so just fewer cars overall. But overall, we did see a lot of lightly populated small towns in Italy (also in Spain) that is, I think, attributable to long term rural-urban migration patterns (maybe some Italians can weigh in.) But there is also some selection bias in how we take videos - I'm less apt to start recording when things are busy and I have to really concentrate on navigation and keeping safe.