Day 22: Passo della Cisa to Pontremoli

I've crossed over the Apennines! Two things enabled me to make it to Pontremoli today: the first was the knee guard, and the second was my poles. The going was tough as it was a lot of sharp descents that never seemed to stop. My knee felt fine when I woke, so I decided to give the walking (23.51 km) a go. I saw the most perfect church I have seen in Italy to date, at Pass della Cisa. And, I've crossed over into Tuscany (another life dream fulfilled) I really felt a connection to the medieval pilgrims today as I seemed to be walking on some very ancient paths and, it may have been the fatigue, but I really felt disconnected from the rest of the world today as I was walking along, surrounded by the trees with just the path ahead of me, and no signs of civilisation. I'm spent, but fine.Leer más