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  • Day 30

    Windy coast

    April 17 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C

    Woke to strong winds off the sea so bikes stayed on the motorhome. By chance found a nearby area with woodland walks which took us up hill to a WW2 English cemetery which was quite beautifully maintained. David's father was involved in 2 Allied troop landings, Salerno and Anzio, the latter being south of Rome, and many of those buried here were from those episodes. Some of the graves were from his outfit, the Royal Army Medical Corps and would have been known to him.
    After 8 miles of walking in the hills the rest of the day passed quietly.
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