Finale Ligure

13/04/2014

This morning I followed a nice trail over Finale Ligure, well signposted and going to the top of the mountain, in the woods. Technical details on wikiloc (http://goo.gl/IPkTo9) and pix on Google+ (to be loaded).

my first encounter of the day...

I was on my own, so I could keep my own steady pace with some walking meditation here and there.

the trail

the inside of the old church

A short deviation along the main trail took me to the ruins of Castrum Perticae and to Saint Antonino’s church, closed, but you could glimps to the frescos still on the walls inside. It was indeed a nice spot for meditation, with stunning views over the valley below. You could just imagine hearing nothing but the birds when the road still wasn’t there!

Coming back to the crossroads, I kept following the Buddha’s eyes till I reached Pian Marino, where there is what looked like the remains of a collapsed quarry…

Buddha's eyes

collapsed quarry?

Meanwhile, the Climbing Bunch were somewhere on the facing cliffs going up and down. I could hear some climbers on this side from where I stopped for a short break, as it was starting to rain. I was quite protected by the trees, but after my apple I started to walk back…

The drizzle eventually ceased and I could explore a part of the track I missed before, to Brick del Frate – a plateau with some TV aerials and a satellite dish.
Once facing the open valley again, I saw some climbers on the opposite side, but they proved from another group and not “our” own.

In the end we even had a bit of sunshine. My walk lasted some 3.30 hrs and I could really immerse myself in nature. Immerse is quite an appropriate word here, since all the area was once part of the Ligurian-Piedmontese Ocean, so all these great cliffs were once underwater seabed :-)


 

finally some rest for my feet... vith a great view! :-)

Faroe day 12

 aug 22 mon
this morning we rented the car for two days and we headed south… what a day it has been! compared to these buses, the car gives you so much freedom of movement, so we could go all the way down to Sumba and the lighthouse at Akraberg by the mountain road. then we travelled back up towards Vagur and took a road heading for the coast on the opposite side. we actually took a wrong turn from the road on the map and we ended up at these superb cliffs with a breathtaking view over the ocean and quite a clear view on Mykines! there we met a chap who just bought an old farm there and he's refurbishing the house part. we had a nice chat with him and his dog, Prince, ended up walking to the clifftops with us. it was really fantastic!
after having lunch there we drove back for a bit, took the original road we were meant to follow, and reached another clifftop with a drinking water lake - we were glad we took the wrong turn though, for indeed the view had been much better on the other cliff…
moving further back north we took the detour to Fámjin on the other side of the mountain and there we took another short walk to the top of the hill above the village, where there was a lake forming a waterfall and some more amazing views!
after waffle and coffee in the village we finally came back home where we're going to have a nice dinner.
the day was very full - we saw a lot of great sceneries and we could go to a number of places impossible to reach by bus. the sun was out most of the time, so we could take some really nice pictures!