Trebbiano

While the grape Trebbiano is often associated with cheap mass production, I was positively surprised by the Trebbiano d’Abruzzo that I was served last night at VRÅ. Sitting in the evening sunshine with Anna overlooking the railway station, we had just checked in for today’s flight with British Airways and, with my parents taking care of the children back home, our ultra-running adventure could not be off to a better start.

Now in the lounge at Landvetter, we are waiting for our Speedbird A320 to make its way across the North Sea, while I am busy preparing slides for my upcoming lecture on International Relations. Considering our destination, I could not resist bringing Anders Källgård’s Öar i Europa along, and reading about the Isles of Scilly, I am back thinking that, if I were to successfully finish Halland Ultra-Beach in August, I would have the qualifier needed for the Arc of Attrition in Cornwall...