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We decided to do our run in the cool of the morning, rather than the 30 degree heat of the afternoon which seems to be our usual, rather unwise, “choice.” At 8am, there was barely any traffic on the little road through the altiplano, so we ran up and down it, surrounded by the most…
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The park around Terni has an industrial museum consisting of a small field with five old turbines in it. There were a couple of colourful Francis turbines – Jane’s third favourite turbine design. He favourite if you limit her to just water turbines. The view over the valley below the waterfall was pretty spectacular too.…
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We left Area Camper Sant Andrea with clean bed linen and full / empty tanks, as required. Our route led north over the pass from Pescasseroli, and near the top we stopped a trail head, so pulled in to have a last hike in the lovely national park. We spotted two types of orchid as…
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It rained overnight and was a lot cooler in the morning. After coffee we set off for a walk up the national trail. There is a lot of great walking around here, the path was wide and easy rising through the hills towards the mountains. As we climbed it got hotter but not intolerable. Coming…
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We debated staying where we were, but there was no shade at Fattoria Camper (a very good site) until the late afternoon, and the weather forecast was sunny and highs of 31C. “I know,” I said, with my brilliant planning head on (hah!). “Let’s go up into the mountains – I’ve found a town called…
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By the time we’d checked out and filled up we were slightly late for Herculaneum. We wanted to get there as the doors opened as we’d managed at Paestrum. We were 30 minutes late. We weren’t first in but we were there well before the school trips and busses from the cruise ships in Naples.…
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Our morning view with coffee was stunning, but we didn’t get to enjoy it for long as I was very keen to be getting into Paestum when it opened at 8:30. Paestum, or Poseidonia as it was then known, was founded in around 600 BCE by settlers from Sybaris, a Greek colony in southern Italy.…
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We left Lago Sorino and headed North. We were thinking of visiting a port town on route just to kill time but, Apple then Google and Garmin all wanted us to drive down a tiny road that looked very much like it would get narrower. We deferred and set the controls for a Super Conad…
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