Odd choice of cereal at the hotel breakfast. Bran flakes or Coco Pops. Nothing fresh either but better than the ferry breakfast. Checked out around 10:30 and headed into St Florent to buy water and fruit and grab a quick coffee.
Had decided to lunch in Oletta and then do the Col de Teghime in the afternoon, but it was so hot on the way up the hill into Oletta that we wondered if it would be better to go over the lower Col de S Stefano.
In Oletta we had to climb a fair bit to find a restaurant for lunch, but had great views into the valley below. Both had ravioli with pesto sauce and a bottle of Orezza fizzy water. Met a couple on a tandem on their first day, just off the ferry at Bastia.
Decided to stick with plan A and headed up to the Col de Teghime. Quite a climb though made easier by a cloud that obscured the sun for much of the time. A few crazy drivers made us think it was something of a short cut for the locals.
Good views at the top, though Bastia not much to look at from that height. Descent into Bastia a bit scruffy with poor road surface but Bastia itself very attractive. Bought cakes and found square next to get port where we have just watched a remembrance day service, though do not know what significance the date has. Must find out.
Ferry to Marseille goes on a couple of hours.
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