Getting out of Bologna very stop start with roadworks, buses, traffic lights and jams all conspiring against me.
But then a nice flat ride - across big flat farrmland. Mostly planted to grain crops and pasture, some well-tended young orchards. Many old farmhouses and farm-buildings abandoned - with new houses and modern barns built alongside.
Ferrara - a mix of charming narrow cobbled back-streets and fine ceremonial buildings. Several huge churches boarded up. I cycled around the centre - slowly because of the cobbles, pedestriand and traffic lights.
Stopped at a village café shortly after. Unwelcoming place with palrty collection of unappetising pastries. But good Caffe Espresso Dopio con Latte Caldo!
Then on up to Villadose. Again - riding across flat farmland. Quite a few plantations of poplars (I think). Very pleasing riding along narrow traffic-free but generally well-paved lanes running along the River Po and irrigation canals.
Got to Villadose early afternoon and dropped by a supermarket to buy supper. Then on to nearby Agriturismo Corte Filippe, with some fine chickens interested at first in my arrival until I failed to feed them.