Alassio - Imperia
27 km
27 km
Having thrown in my lot with Aldo, the pilgrim from Genoa I met
in Albenga, I checked into the same hotel in Alassio so we could dine together
and set off together in the morning. In the end we walked together all day and Aldo
invited me along to stay with his brother and sister-in-law in Imperia!
We walked all morning through the hills and all afternoon along the seaside in
the hot sunshine. When we finally reached Imperia, I discovered we still had a
long way to go – up the hill past Villa Grock, and up still further to Cascine,
way above the town, where’ Aldo’s brother Luigi and his wife Riccarda have
their agriturismo, Le navi in cielo. The holiday apartments were closed
for the season, but I Aldo and I shared what had been the children’s bedroom in
Luigi and Riccarda’s own house. After a hot bath (not a shower - a good soak is
a rarity when walking!), I pitched in to give a hand with the dinner
preparations, learning to peel and cook a new vegetable: cavolo navone,
which looks like a turnip but tastes like cabbage. Boiled and dressed with our
hosts’ own olive oil, it made a fine dinner along with a soup of grains and
legumes – the perfect meal after a long day of hiking!
Only two days to go to Ventimiglia!
October beach
Lagueglia
Looking back over Lagueglia and Alassio
Medieval bridge
Cervo and Diano Marina in the distance
Cervo
Cervo
Cervo
L'Incompiuta - the "Unfinished" cycling and pedestrian path
The church of San Luca, on the way up the hill to our resting place for the night
The view from the church of San Luca
Today's route
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