VF del sud day 32: Torchiarolo to Lecce, 23.5km

Via francigena del sud
Early morning in the olive groves. Many have died – drought maybe?

A slightly earlier start and it was very pleasant walking while it was still cool. The first two hours was farm roads, the middle section through barren ground dominated by wind turbines, and the last seven km the inevitable trudge through the satellite suburbs and urban wasteland beside the highway. However the destination is definitely worth it, and as soon as I was through the old city gates the better known side of Lecce was revealed.

The official route
The official route once you hit the tourist itinerary

Today is our 30th wedding anniversary, so we get to celebrate in a special location!

View from the B&B. Nothing like some Roman ruins in the background to make you realize you are not quite so ancient after all.
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In 2009, we embarked on a one-year family sailing adventure aboard a Grand Soleil 39, "SV Mulan". Our original sailing blog is linked on this site. In 2017, Susan, Andrew, Sam & Max walked the Camino Frances from St-Jean-Pied-de-Porte to Santiago de Compostella (and rode bikes from Burgos to Leon as a blister recovery strategy), and in 2018 Jack also joined the crew as we waled the northern section of the Camino Portuguese from Porto to S de C. In 2019 Andrew, accompanied by Max for the first few hundred kms, and Susan for the Tiscan section, walked the via francigena from Canterbury to Rome. That journey is blogged in this site. This blog is planned as an alternative to the endless instagram posts used previously to communicate with those interested in our travels - although there is a linked instagram account as well!

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