A ridge too far: getting lost in the Italian Apennines
Most people these days speed across the Apennines between Florence and Bologna through road or rail tunnels without really noticing. But if, as I did, you travel more slowly along that ridge on foot, you'll get some impression of how these modest peaks had once been seen as "the dreadfull ... Appennines".
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