Relaxing bank holiday weekend........

...or at least it would have been very relaxing if only that

dam kitten left my ball of wool alone!














We stayed in a very authentic converted farmhouse just the other side of The Apennines..Lunigiana





An area of very steep and deep forested valleys. Pontremoli is the capital.















Cut off from civilisation the farm overlooks the medieval hamlet of Mulazzo









Mulazzo by night.
Local specialities included chestnut tagliatelle and tagliata- sliced Florentine steak with mushrooms cooked at the table in a boiling hot terracotta pot










The sea breeze drifting up the valley enticed us to spend one afternoon at a fish resturant in Lierici










Shades of the Med.
In the distance the Apuan Alps where Michaleangelo picked up his marble.
In the foreground the pool.
Nicely set off by a ball of Schoppenwool sock wool.