The previous night we heard the thunder rolling around the hills, the forecast storms having finally arrived. However the morning was fine so it was a good time to walk the other end of Cinque Terre. We had originally considered walking the whole way from Rio Maggiore but decided that this would take too long and be quite arduous as we would have to climb a high hill called Il Telegrafo, for obvious reasons. We got a bus up to the top of the hill instead. It drove along a steep winding road with sheer drops on the right, though at least these mostly had a fence or a wall. Tamara was very glad to reach the top, where we and some other walkers had a consultation about the correct track as the signage was not
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