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Walk 3 – Santo stefano di sessanio – Rocca Calascio – Santo Stefano di Sessanio. A change of plan
What happened to walk 2 I hear you ask? Walk 2 was a gentle stroll along the Orfento Gorge in Carmanico Terme, a spa town here in Abruzzo. It was lovely and a great way to allow our very tired legs to recover. I’ve posted some pictures below. Today, Steve’s mission was to hike up…
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Walk 1 – Monte Morre fromPasso San Leonardo – A tale of two halves
I did wonder if the road block on the way to Passo Leonardo was an omen. We were comfortably driving up the windy but wide road when about half way up we were confronted by huge concrete blocks across the road. Argh! No idea how to get to the start of our planned walk if…
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Pacentro
We are currently staying in Pacentro , a ridiculously pretty medieval hill village on the edge of the Majella national park in Abruzzo. Our home for the next five nights is b&b San Marco. It’s actually an old hill house with a fridge stuffed full of breakfast goodies left for us by the owner. The…
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Gargano
We move on to the Abruzzo mountains tomorrow but we’ve thoroughly enjoyed our time in Gargano. Gargano is the spur on the boot of Italy. Technically part of Puglia, it has a sense of being a little world on its own. It’s quite hilly so it takes time to get around it but the coastline and…
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La Dolce Vita -Manfredonia
Steve recently read an article that stated Italians have the healthiest diet in the world. Well anyone who eats cake for breakfast gets my vote. Also they do know how to make a chocolate croissant. Here’s the recipe: 1.) Add lots of chocolate to the interior of the croissant 2.) Add even more chocolate so…
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San Giovanni Rotondo
Today we visited San Giovanni Rotondo to see Saint Pio and the church his body is displayed in. Now those of you who know me may be surprised that I made this pilgrimage, but there is a reason that Saint Pio is on my radar. Five years ago when I was teaching at Ardmore language…
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Escape to Italy
It’s been a pretty awful few months for dear old Blighty. Three terrorist attacks, a terrible fire and a snap general election that has left us rudderless. The media seem determined to whip up hysteria and unrest over every event and it’s difficult to shake a feeling of impending doom. It’s got to the point…
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Sri Lanka- Heaven or Hell? The verdict
Writing this at Colombo airport, it’s difficult for my judgement not to be coloured by the totally unnecessary requirement for us to be at the airport FIVE HOURS before our flight departs! Add that to a 12 hour flight and 17 hours of sitting around goes straight onto the hell list. Anyway for what it’s…
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Hikkaduwa
Well an elongated stay at Hikkaduwa was not meant to be. We booked for 2 nights on the basis of if we didn’t like hikkaduwa we could move on and book another night if we liked it. Unfortunately it’s always a bit of a gamble that you can get another night and in this case…
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Hikkaduwa
Time to move on. Goodbye Unawatuna. We probably stayed too long as your charms are not for us. However, we accepted you for what you are and made the best of it. Hikkaduwa got the most awful write up in the Lonely Planet guide for Sri Lanka. So bad we thought we wouldn’t bother going.…
Middle-aged flash packers
The ramblings and wanderings of two middle-aged travellers up for adventure
- 2021 – There are no plans. Covid
- About
- Australia/Vietnam Revisited 2025
- Bulgaria – Roses and Trains 2025
- Cabo de Gata 2024
- Costa Rica 2015
- Escape to Italy 2017
- Going round in Circles – Circumnavigating Spain 2021
- Gran Canaria – The Isle of Dogs
- Greece – Pottering The Peloponnese 2021
- Into Africa – 2022
- Into Africa -November/December 2022
- Jordan Jaunts 2023
- Mini adventure in Northern Portugal – 2018
- Mission Triglav – Slovenia, Italy, France 2017
- My blog
- Myanmar and Thailand 2019
- Oman 2019
- Oz Odyssey – Australia, Fiji,Hawaii 2016
- Panama 2023
- Return of the Road Warriors – Europe revisited 2019 Liechenstein, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Germany
- Road Trip to Anywhere – France, Italy, ? 2022
- Roaming the Rhodope – Bulgaria
- Sicily wanderings – on the volcano trail
- Tea, Trains and Temples – A journey around Sri Lanka 2017
- Tenerife 2024
- The Grand Tour – Driving from UK to Turkey and back again 2015
- The Hills are Alive – Austria road trip September 2025
- The Silk Road – Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan 2019
- Turkey – 2020
- Wainwrights Lake District UK part 2 2022 March
- Walking the Wainwrights part 1 – Lake District UK 2021
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