Here spring has
arrived with a heat wave. I decided on a
walk in the mid Apennines were the spring colours are usually spectacular.
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| Below Croveglia, Casina,RE |
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| Croveglia, Casina,RE |
Starting from
Mulino delle Noci, Carpinetti I took the “Sentiero Spallanzani” footpath
which passes Cerpiano to arrive
at Croveglia, a fifteenth century fortified
farmhouse (“Casa a torre” ) perched high on a hilltop overlooking the Tresinaro.
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| Croveglia, Casina,RE |
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| Croveglia, Casina,RE |
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| Croveglia, Casina,RE |
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| Croveglia, Casina,RE |
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| Croveglia, Casina,RE |
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| Carved column,Croveglia, Casina,RE |
From Croveglia the
path leads to Monte Pagano. From here one has a impressive view of Monte
Cusna, still covered in snow at this
time of year when looking south, whilst looking north a view of the lush green
countryside around Giandeto.
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| Croveglia, Casina,RE |
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| Monte Pagano, Casina,RE |
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| Cusna seen from Monte Pagano, Casina,RE |
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| Monte Pagano, Casina,RE |
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| Looking North from Monte Pagano, Casina,RE |
The path drops down
to Giandeto and then onto Mattioli a fifteenth
century Court. On this part of the walk the Cherry trees were in full bloom
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| Giandeto, Casina,RE |
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| Giandeto, Casina,RE |
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| Giandeto, Casina,RE |
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| Court Mattioli, Giandeto, Casina,RE |
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| Mattioli, Giandeto, Casina,RE |
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| Mattioli, Giandeto, Casina,RE |
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| Bonini, Giandeto, Casina,RE |
It was time for
lunch by the time I arrived at Mulino del Tasso. Luckily the Trattoria was open
so I had a nice plate of Tortellini.
I wanted to do a further
section of the “Sentiero Spallanani” to arrive at Ca’ dei Pazzi a
village who’s name translates to “House of the madmen”.
Reaching Ca dei Pazzi, it was now time to return.
Taking the same path back to Mattioli I stopped to photograph the Tower House
at Sorriva.
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| Sorriva, Viano, RE |
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| Sorriva, Viano, RE |
From here I took a
different route back connecting to the “Sentiro
Matilde” at Canicchia. Here the rolling
green hills rolling down to Casina were almost surreal.
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| Canicchia, Casina,RE |
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| Canicchia, Casina,RE |
I then stopped to
photograph the court at Valcava before reconnecting with the SSP footpath at
Croveglia.
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| Valcava, Casina,RE |
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| Valcava, Casina,RE |
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| Valcava, Casina,RE |
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| Looking down to Croveglia, Casina,RE |
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| Casa Torre Cerpiano, Carpineti,RE |
After eight hours of walking it was luckily all downhill
back to the car.
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