Day 12. On the road again.

Today, the first day of the Via Francesco, saw us leave Florence at 8am for a 21 km walk.
There were no markings through Florence but we cleared the city limits new markings appeared which, I found out this evening had been placed there by the group that Sandy Brown was guiding to Assisi, 1 day ahead of us.
We climbed steadily up to Settignano where it was time for coffee and brioche. Just after the town we started a quite steep descent down to the river Arno and the villages of Compiobbi (gelato there), Zellers, Le Falle and Sieci where we had a panini.
From there it was a long climb as the temperatures increased and once we were over the top it was a long descent to Pontassieve.
A tiring day because we had lost a lot of fitness during the month since Shirl's accident.
After a shower we went shopping for some supplies for tomorrow as there is nowhere on route to buy anything.
We had a really good meal and now it's bed before an early start tomorrow.Read more