Actually, it was only a half day, and as a result or in anticipation, we had a leisurely start. Breakfast, a swim in the lake, breaking camp with the end goal in mind of arriving at the Shinglemill Pub soon after they open at 1130. Today's section of the trail was designed for the view … Continue reading SCT Day four →

The day's start was a tough early morning slog up to Rievely Pond, where the second SCT hut is located. The swimming dock referenced in the guide book was no where to be found, and wading through the mud at the pond's edge had little appeal. So we enjoyed another Italian instant coffee stop at … Continue reading SCT Day three →

Destined to be another scorcher, so we made a reasonably prompt start to try and beat some of the heat. First stop was the Manzanita Bluff cabin, which in non-Covid times is the go-to first night stop. It does have great, level camping areas, but the folks who stayed there said it was brutally hot … Continue reading SCT Day two →

An almost relaxing overnight stop at our humble abode in Gibsons - a chance to repack and consider the items we don't have. All of which we resolved in Sechelt: a shout out to Time Out Source for Sports, who had all the great outdoors things that the giant stores in Vancouver no longer have, … Continue reading SCT Day zero: in transit →

I wrote the entire post, but the world’s most highly regarded blog site is not designed to auto save, so once again I am spending my evening rewriting a post because the developers at wordpress are inept, and the site routinely loses a work in progress. Seriously pathetic. Other than blog site woes, the final … Continue reading Day eighty-six: omnes viae Romam perducunt →

It was destined to be a repeat of yesterday’s trail structure when just after a very pleasant and lengthy coffee break in Formello with an Aussie couple who i bump into occasionally (we first met on the Po river ferry on day fifty-four!) when a sign offered an alternate route. Even though this alternate route … Continue reading Day eighty-five: Campagnano to La Storta →

The day got off to a pleasant enough start with the descent from Sutri just a reverse of yesterday’s entry, and there were some Etruscan tombs and a great amphitheater carved out of solid rock. But after that things went downhill, starting with some confusing trail marking that did its best to have one walking … Continue reading Day eihty-four: Sutri to Campagnano di Roma →

After a restful night in my monastic cell and a dubious breakfast of long life bread pre-stuffed with jam and machine coffee, the day turned out to be one of the nicest walks in Italy. It helped that I spotted a bar after 20 minutes that provided a real coffee - standing at the counter … Continue reading Day eighty-three: Vetralla to Sutri →

An even shorter day, although I extended it a bit by heading to the Monastery a couple of km past the town. The first part of the day was pleasant, re-tracing my path through the medieval district and following the route that passed quite literally under the papal palace. Then there was a inetesting section … Continue reading Day eighty-two: Viterbo to Vetralla →