Monday, 29 December 2014

A trip to Sillico

Hard frost overnight, so although the sun yesterday dispatched some of the snow, there was a fair bit of ice around.

Because we were unsure of the state of the paths, decided on a trip to Sillico as the safest bet.  Took the opportunity to show Lynn the walled town of Castiglione, where we had a cappuccino in a pleasantly lively bar ...

We had a rather bizarre encounter wit a group of four pigs near the road - we initially thought they were wild boar! - they seemed quite happy ...  Up at Sillico, it was very cold, and we had our picnic stamping around in the snow, however the woodland paths were all dry crunchy snow and easy going - a very  pleasant bracing winter walk.
Another beautiful morning
The pigs find some soft earth to investigate ...
A triple selfie on the trail at Sillico
Not a lot of thawing going on today
The snow and the beech forests form intricate patterns on the Apuan alps 
Lovely sunset as seen from the car park in Barga

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