The footpath of the gods

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October 12th 2008

Published: October 12th 2008

I was up at 06:30 after a relatively sleepless night, thanks to a deluge of American exchange students. The ferry to Amalfi left Sorrento at 07:30. With a 40min walk ahead I was cutting it pretty fine. On the way, I realised I needed cash for a ticket. Unfortunately, cashpoints which accept my card are suprisingly hard to come by. Every one I tried returned it - usually after several minutes of wh... Read Full Entry

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Footpath of the gods

As endorsed by DH Lawrence - you know your onto a good thing when he writes so postively about it

Start of the trail

Footpath of the gods

Early view

On the walk

Ruin

On the walk and perched right on the edge

View

Overexposed?

Just a tad

On the path

Just at the start of the footpath. Taken by a German guy, good use of flash- German boy!

Epic failure

An "Is the red light on moment?"

View

On the path

Striking a dumb pose as I'd just jumped down a small cliff and ran to this rock

View across the coast

Looking straight down

Vey high up - beautiful

High point

Had to climb about 80feet up a skree cliff face, probably riddled with snakes. Sprint, jump a ravine (long way down..) then look as relaxed as possible. All the people on the path way below were pointing in disbelief. Worth it for the view!

Where I stopped

Over 1500 into Positano

Mair steps!

My poor knees

The end!

Thk fook

18th October 2008

mam
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Positano.....gasp..sigh..Sooo beautiful. Pleased you enjoyed it. As for the blog... "I imagined my conquered foes mid mastication" and "pishin aw ower the path man" ! Am re applyin mascara as we speak. Sooo funny. You are so talented as a writer. Wish I wis laffin aw the way to the bank!!!! Keep up the good work! xx

18th October 2008

Gill
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Your funniest blog so far, well done I'm dead impressed! We're both missin ya and looking forward to seeing you again soon. In the words of the Great Nelson Mandela: "After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb"... And again: "Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement". This is the best thing you could EVER have done. Love you; your Big Sis :-D x x x

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