after 40 years of waiting unconscious are here to Tagliacozzo, a beautiful village on the border wi

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after 40 years of waiting unconscious are here to Tagliacozzo, a beautiful village on the border with Lazio Aquila, in which Fabiana know, Luke, James, and the little dog Tao. There is also a cat, but it is quite angry today, locked in his cage recovering from an operation that has denied him his manhood forever ... I have not had the courage to ask even the name.
here we are at Casale Le Crete, we really came to this place that will lead us to live a whole new experience ... I do not know what to expect from this trip, but glad birth, although a bit 'awkward, because for the first time I I put in the game with a four-legged creature. A truly unusual and unexpected that I would never have undertaken if Mark had not expressed a great desire to achieve it. is a window that opens onto a part of the world that has always belonged to others, and which today holds out his hand, or rather, paw, and which, I am sure, I will donate a portion of himself and make me a more complete person.
This afternoon gulskogen Fabiana showed us the route and gave a lot of information on Sofie and the characteristics of the path we tread in the next 6 days, but, to be honest, gulskogen I remember almost nothing of the trail, and my mind has retained only the information on Sofie ... not bad, the road book is very detailed and will not lose!
We learn from Fabiana to brush it, to put the repellent to check the points where it could have wounds, cleaning the hooves. We put the halter, a lead rope, blanket, and saddle bags. You go! Our departure was, I would argue, crackling. Fabiana, who accompanies us with Tao for the first half hour, he told us that we were going just fine! Fabiana and Tao greet us and leave us to our fate "Asinaris foster" Mark leads Sofie holding the lead rope and I'm behind with my Sofie bough of hazel, map and road book ready in case of need. Everything went just fine until Sorbo cemetery, where Sofie took a firm decision: "Do not ever go up on that path! Noooooooo! ". We have tried all the possible paths Recommend Fabiana, including the firmness minutes gulskogen of howler monkey (me) right in front of the souls of Sorbo that, until then, had been at rest, then the carrot, gulskogen flaked, gulskogen with the tear in the lead rope, ... Nothing! Immovable! Handbrake on and a few steps in reverse!
Sad, discouraged, and even a little 'bothered by our failure, after about an hour of trying to Fabiana Call, which invites us to put the halter Sofie hated the chain L. We are very sorry, but after wearing it Sofie goes! Go! And how it should be! Begins a climb without pause, cyclists of the Col du Tourmalet and the language under your feet come under the pines, dehydrated but happy with us and Sofie, especially to be able to reward ridding it of all the cargo. I am upset by fatigue, it is very hot, but I try to keep bang and put together those four neurons I have left to help Mark in unloading. Then ... nothing in my brain! Drink water so hot that it seems to pee without batting an eyelid, and I'm on the mat to eat tomatoes and plums. Confident that Mark will find me interesting again after this experience?!? gulskogen J
However, Poggio Philip is there, very close to us, our first goal. Sofie ate and evacuated several times, we cuddled in repetition and she gave us a couple of braying right to anticipate our arrival to the villagers. At 15.30 we place the saddle and bags and, without the chain, we reach the village of Poggio Philip forty minutes of pleasant walk. The people welcomed us smiling and caring, we show the B & B "Il Girasole", download Sofie and bring to the fence where you can eat and move freely until morning. Because I do not want to tie shelter at the point where the fence is broken (just rearrange the wires and revive a post, fortunately you do not need to be Charles Ingalls and have a house on the prairie). Sofie rolls happy, then we put the bell, we remove the halter, we greet you with many caresses and go to the B & B, a beautiful structure in which, thanks to owner Maria, nice woman and forthright, we feel immediately at home.
Shower, rest, fruit shop for our lunch tomorrow, greeting Sofie with complimentary fruit and go back to the room. From a distance, we hear the bell of a bray and Sofie, she's fine. We are very tired, more than we expected ... dinner raises us, it is a show of flavors, div