Distance: c. 9k
Slightly unearthly feel to today. Mainly down to a 4.30 am start, well worth it as we found ourselves in the train station at Pisa by 10.30 Italian time. Pleasantly clunky trains took us eventually to Castelfiorentino, changing at Pisa Centrale and Empoli, the latter eventually providing a cheap and homely family restaurant open even on Easter lunchtime, which while in England seems to send every extended family running to the nearest pub, here everything but everything shuts, and behind the shutters you can hear the clink of cutlery and noisy family interaction.
So we found ourselves en route at 2.30pm, and a relief. Up hill all the way to Gambassi, and Timmy fading at the end - tomorrow's 13k should be fine, but we ramp up pretty quickly to 25k and not so sure that's going to work!
Very, very green - feels like sizeable rain recently. Alpine
Hotel = L'Albergo-Osteria da Pinchorbia modest mais convenable - good food, including carciofi fritti which immediately made it into Timmy's Imaginary Restaurant, which only serves the best dishes in the world. This brings the artichokes on a par with garlic bread!
Very much looking forward to tomorrow's more leisurely pace, and a breath around Gambassi with no packs!
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