This year I’ve decided to cycle to the 23rd PHPDay Conference in Verona. I attended the conference for the past two years as an attendee and this year I’m a speaker. It’s a fun event in a beautiful city and I will drink beer and eat pizza. The decision to cycle was, in-part, made due the great success of my “Gravel” ride to Mannheim for the Unkonf conference in October last year. I then cycled 1,700k in 16 interesting days (including rest days) without too much pain in my bum. This journey promises a similar distance to Verona and then possible more miles to get back to the UK depending on how terrible I feel.