Ride The Aeolian Arc
Wed 21st Jun, 2017 @ 12:30 am
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The greatest adventures are born from a small voice in the back of your mind, saying: “Oh man, we should ride down there!”
All it takes is a rumour of an exceptional trail, a tip-off from a friend, or a single, awe-inspiring photograph on medias – and the fires of imagination begin to blaze.
For our latest adventure, we were driven by this picture, and yes, we heard that same little voice. The image of a massive white hill with roots reaching all the way to the Mediterranean sea. And on top of that, the most active volcano on earth is just a one-hour ferry away.
The crew for our voyage consisted of one Scot, one Italian and a Frenchman. After a quick set up of the bikes and an even quicker unpacking of the bags, we headed straight to the spot, to take a look at what brought us here.
From speaking to the locals we discovered that the mine (which was the reason this remarkable location came to exist) had been closed to allow the islands to become a Unesco Heritage Site.
“The white hill was taken by the sea. That dreamcatcher place doesn’t exist anymore.”
Again, that voice: “Holy shit… this is going to be awesome.”
