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title: 'Setting Off from Campiglia'
date: '2026-09-01 07:00'
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published: true
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lat: 43.024
lng: 10.603
location_city: Campiglia Marittima
location_country: Italy
weather_temp_c: 27
weather_desc: Sunny
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Seven in the morning and the coast road is still cool. We loaded the bikes in the car park below the old town, the panniers heavier than they should be and the weather forecast saying nine consecutive days of sun. The route heads south first — down into the Maremma, then east, then a long loop back. Eight days. Nobody goes this way in September except cyclists and people who have got lost.