Quick blog post before heading to bed.
I'm in Agerola working as a walking tour leader - 4 weeks in succession of walking on the Amalfi Coast of the Sorrento Peninsula, near Naples. It's a tough day in the office but it needs to be done. I'm half way through the second week and I'm not sure if I'm getting hardened up to the walking or if it's starting to take its toll. The uphills are short but the downhills are relentless, on irregular steps. I had a maths teacher in last week's group who counted the steps down to Amalfi -2764 in total.
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| The Duomo in Amalfi |
And then there's the heat. Who goes walking in southern Italy in August?... err, that must be me, then!
Today was Tuesday, so it's Capri. A ferry from Amalfi, then a walk up to Villa Lysis and Villa Iovis. Both carry tales of debauchery and death; always good for a story and I've always preferred stories to facts.
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| From Villa Lysis |
And then there are wild fires. On each of the last three days wild fires have taken hold in the area and been fought from the air. Today's fire, above Positano was being bombed by a helicopter and two flying boats which would touch down on the sea to fill their tanks with sea water before climbing high above the mountain slopes and dumping their loads on the burning trees. They were doing this at 9:00am and still doing it when we passed by again, at 5:00pm.
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| Wild fires burning above Positano |
