{"id":897,"date":"2019-02-18T12:56:01","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T12:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pilgrimsway.org.uk\/?p=897"},"modified":"2021-12-04T17:00:20","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T17:00:20","slug":"day-67-previde-to-lusuolo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pilgrimsway.org.uk\/?p=897","title":{"rendered":"Day 67 Previde to Lusuolo – 6th August"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Distance: 27.0 km \u2013 Elevation +410 m -700 m<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weather:\u00a0<\/strong>Sunny. Temperature: High 34 degrees<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I set the alarm on my phone before sleeping to ensure that I was up and about in time for my host\u2019s departure, but it wasn\u2019t needed as I woke naturally well before 5.00 am. I joined my hosts for breakfast and we exchanged contact details and I thanked them for their kindness and hospitality and I received a warm hug from both Elsa and Elisa as I left. It was still dark and Elisa\u2019s husband walked with me to ensure I was on the correct path out of the village. Initially, it was slow going as I picked my way along the narrow path with just my head torch. Dawn was just breaking as I came to the beautiful medieval bridge that crosses the River Magra at Groppodalosio. At 7.30 am I arrived in the small community of Toplecca di Sopra \u2013 it had taken me close to 2 hours to cover just 4 kilometres. The sign at the start of the village announces \u201cPopulation 5\u201d. The path continued on across the Passo della Crocetta before reaching the Chiesa San Basilide in Arzengio where I sat on the provided bench looking at Pontremoli in the valley below and filled my water bottles from the nearby fountain. I arrived in the Piazza di Duomo in the centre of Pontremoli at 10.00 am and a distance of close to 11 kilometres from my start in Previde. The Piazza seemed full of people and parked cars as I found my way to a free table outside a small cafe and whilst I was enjoying coffee and croissants I sat and reflected on the events of the previous day, realising how fortunate I had been to experience such a wonderful moment of kindness and hospitality. After leaving Pontremoli I missed the river crossing that would have taken me to the left bank of the River Magra and rather than return to correct the error I continued along the right bank of the river passing through the villages of Novoleto, Ponte Teglia, and Talavorno to arrive at the outskirts of Villafranca in Lunigiana. I decided to bypass Villafranca and take the Via Francigena cycle path to Lusuolo where I found a small apartment, Nonna Nella, with wonderful views of the valley below. Today had been another long 12 hours, and 30 kilometre day so after a brief tour of the small village, with its main attraction the Castello di Lusuolo closed, I retired to the comfort of my room and prepared supper.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Pontremoli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pontremoli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pontremoli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Villafranca in Luniguiana<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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View from Lusuolo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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View from Lusuolo<\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Distance: 27.0 km \u2013 Elevation +410 m -700 m Weather:\u00a0Sunny. Temperature: High 34 degrees I set the alarm on my phone before sleeping to ensure that I was up and about in time for my host\u2019s departure, but it wasn\u2019t needed as I woke naturally well before 5.00 am. I joined my hosts for breakfast and we exchanged contact details and I thanked them for their kindness and hospitality and I received a warm hug<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_layout":"default_layout","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pilgrimsway.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pilgrimsway.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pilgrimsway.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pilgrimsway.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pilgrimsway.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=897"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/pilgrimsway.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5204,"href":"http:\/\/pilgrimsway.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897\/revisions\/5204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pilgrimsway.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pilgrimsway.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pilgrimsway.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}