Day 1: A Day of Remberance. Leaving Rome

Day 1. Roma to la Storta
Today is a day of remembrance and reflection as it is ANZAC day in NZ and also Italy is celebrating liberation day and the mourning period for the pope.
Stats
21.5km, 6hrs 10min, elevation 376 ascent, 244 descent.
There was lots of road walking today with the middle section in a regional park where the weeds seemed bigger than the trees but it was nice to hear the bird song.. I passed lots of pilgrims heading to Rome. There were about 5 groups of about 4-11 people and one woman on her own all finishing this afternoon in Rome. Most of them started about 4-5 days ago.. my legs by the end couldn’t have taken any me any further. I did resist catching a bus the last few Km along a road where the foot path was impassable due to weeds and I had to walk on the road.. the cars don’t slow down but they all moved to give me lots of room.Read more