Tripoli to Pyrgos

We hadn't gone 20 metres and a lady came running out of the hotel waving a bill. We hadn't paid for a cup of tea the night before.! Bugger ! Too slow. 

  We want to get to the coast to start biking again so it's back on the bus once more (apparently the trains were axed as part of the new austerity measures )

  

The bus took us to Kyparissia and we set off up the coast. Good flat riding ! For those other cyclists reading this , the coast is the only part you would ever want to ride believe me. Interior roads are too narrow and hills too steep.

Rain was threatening so we pulled in for a coffee and discovered Christine's front tyre had gone down. By the time the coffee was ready I had it fixed

It 's only about 55kms to Pyrgos and although we only had a narrow strip of road it was good riding with only light traffic. Lots of these snakes on the side of the road. Puts Christine off from squatting behind a bush !

Coming in to Pyrgos there were mountains of rubbish on the side of the road. Apparently the city rubbish dump is full and the council haven't yet found another one . The only part of the city that was cleaned was the bits the tourists would visit as they came to see Olympia.

  Bloody disgusting actually

The best part of coming here early in the season is you can negotiate some sharp prices in some rather nice hotels. We want to spend tomorrow as a tourist and see Olympia so we've booked in to the Pantheon for 2 nights