An early start again and fog. But at least no gun shots today.
The fog was quite thick for the first couple of hours; sometimes barely able to see 50m’s. Difficult at times to find markers as we walked the paths through fields. We stopped at Gropello Cairoli for morning tea, and when we emerged from the cafe at 10.30, the fog was gone.
A lot more trees today, so the 24 kms was a bit easier. For the first half ongoing fields and farms, and then we reached the river. The last 10 kms is through bush with river views on occassions. At times the bush areas are pretty nice, but also frequently overgrown with blackberries.
There was a long stretch today on road before coming to the river. So far we have covered a lot of distance walking on roads though usually it is reasonably quiet. Today we had a section with a bit more frequent traffic. Previously, people mostly slow down and go wide when we are on the road, but not so much on this section. I usually try to get well out of the way off to the side, but as the road was up on a levee there was nowhere to step off to the side.
When on the road you try to make eye contact with drivers, and I have seen so many people on their phones. That is no doubt just the same at home, but scarier when your pathway is the road.
Tired, we arrived at Pavia. Pleased we are here for two reasons: it has a great bridge, and it is a designated rest stop. Have booked into a B&B for three nights, so will spend some time doing some tourist things and resting up.
Stay: Residenza I Mille; lovely stay with a chance to do some laundry and rest up in the shady courtyard.
Eat: Pizzeria Royale;
Ciao.
Richo and DC 