Seasons Greetings
On the last Saturday in November a walk was planned, starting at the ruins of the 15th century chapel of Castillon and following the mule track to Saint Agnes. The town of Castillon was destroyed in 1887 by earthquake, rebuilt, only to be bombed and destroyed in 1944. The current incarnation was built in 1951. Hopefully it will be third time lucky. We stopped for lunch in sight of our goal but with another hour's walk ahead and limited daylight, it was decided to retrace our steps. A visit to Saint Agnes saved for another day. St Agnes perched on the mountain Another Sunday and another beautiful day for a wonderful walk, this time from Perinaldo to Baiardo. Again we failed to reach the point we aimed for, again daylight was threatening to disappear. We reached Baiardo but didn't climb to the ruins of old church at the top of the village. When the 1887 earthquake struck, more than a hundred people were in the church for the Ash Wednesday service, the roof fell in with