19.7 kms walked today
232.6 kms walked so far.
The pub with no beer was also a B&B with no B.
I am being unkind. The nicer the place we have stayed, the later the breakfast starts. It also seems to be a law of nature that the later you start walking,the longer the walk takes.
So, we ask for a breakfast pack and miss the feast that 🌟 ts at 8.30.
Instead, we eat the pineapple yoghurt, banana, chocolate cake and Nutella crackers and head out at 6am.
At 7am we breached the walls of Monteriggioni.
The defenders had fled before us. We found a deserted town square, three coffee shops with their chairs stacked
No Romans, Etruscans or Italians.
A few minutes later an elderly Italian lady appeared ( she must have been to old to flee) and openned a coffee shop. We descended upon her before she could raise her drawbridge. Armed with only English and a little local currency we negotiated coffee and yesterday's croissants.
A few minutes later two Aussie walkers appear and also siezed coffees from the hapless Italian.
The town appeared to have been raised by a previous invader leaving only the main street and the walls intact
The Aussies advised us that the walls were barricaded until 9am and the advantage gained by breaching the barricades was definitely not worth the delay or the gold needed.
Our orders were to enter Sienna that day and so we acted on their intelligence and ( fortified with caffeine) pressed on to Sienna.
Definitely
Still smiling
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