tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670908392024479748.post6655198491095766190..comments2024-03-26T21:10:39.866+00:00Comments on Postcard from Timperley: Friday 9 September 2016 - A Day Of Leisure in Pontremoli and La SpeziaPhreerunnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08551842487502221703noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670908392024479748.post-12318493054732859252016-09-13T09:49:26.354+01:002016-09-13T09:49:26.354+01:00Thanks BC. We found the route to be excellent, wit...Thanks BC. We found the route to be excellent, with the days short enough to avoid having to rush to get to our destination by beer o'clock despite Graham's tendency to race ahead. Gillian's timings were pretty accurate for us. ViewRanger indicated she was a bit conservative on the ascent stats, but when I download the Garmin data I'm sure that will be much closer to Gillian's figures. There were very few long climbs though as (no doubt you will recall) the path maintains a good height of 1500 to 2000 metres, just high enough to be above 'The Heat'.<br />We were well away from the earthquake, the news coverage of which was very similar to that in the UK.Phreerunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08551842487502221703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670908392024479748.post-5271093743119976192016-09-11T13:29:36.523+01:002016-09-11T13:29:36.523+01:00I've been following with interest. We walked t...I've been following with interest. We walked the GEA in Sept 2011 in a heat wave with temperatures in the 30s most days, people were dying in Rome in 40+ temperatures. Of course we didn't realise and just thought we were going slow. We had difficulty keeping up with Gillian's timings and her height gains were well out - is the new edition better? Lovely route and lovely people. Devastating about the earthquake.<br />Safe journey home. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com