Hi everybody. What can I say? Another great day. This morning we headed off for the Walk of the Gods. We have some trepidation about it because of conflicting stories of how long and how steep it is but it was brilliant.
We started with an exciting bus trip up yet another winding mountain road to Nocelli, a village about 1000 feet above us. From there we wound our way through the back lanes of the village, sharing the stairs with donkeys carrying building materials before heading along the edge of the mountain gradually climbing as we went.
About an hour later, we found ourselves about 1300 feet above Priano, the next town south of Positano. From there we wound our way down the mountain through current and former terraced farm land until, about 500 feet above Priano, we came to a village church built in 1499. It appears to have a convent attached and be still in limited use. A lady was working on restoring a fresco and somebody was playing a violin on the upper verandah.
Unfortunately the lady only spoke Italian and Gino wasn’t with us so we couldn’t get any information from her. There are about 1000 steps on the very well constructed path between the church and Priano so any church attendees would need to be young and fit.
June asked me to take photos of the flower below but can't now decide which one she prefers. She needs help to choose.
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