After a week of fogs and rains, last night was starry, this morning the temperature had dropped to 2°C, (down seven degrees from yesterday morning) and ... we got our mountain back!
We decided on a trip up to the nearby fortified town of Castiglione, where a cappucino could be had, and where there is a medieval bridge which we knew about but have not yet tried to find.
The first objective was easily completed, and we asked in the cafe for directions to the bridge, which turned out to be within walking distance. The bridge is 14th century, and is on the Via Francigena, which we keep coming across around here. This pilgrim's way ran, in ancient times, from Canterbury to Rome. For the next couple of hours or so, we ascended the old paved road beyond the bridge and through the forest to a small settlement, before turning back as the light began to fade.
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| The fog dissipates and the view emerges ... |
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| The eye is drawn to this line of trees in the middle distance ... |
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| 600 years old and still going strong |
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| Beautiful keying between the coping stones on the parapet |
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| Timely Christmas roses |
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| A hobbit house in the woods |
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| First sunset for a while |
I like especially the house of the hobbits...
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