Apuan Alps

A beautiful sunny morning. About an hour drive to our starting point high in the Apuan Alps. The first part was easy, along a rough mountain road. We came across a flock of sheep on our way to lunch at a Mountain Refuge. A beautiful scenic spot, and they cooked us a local pasta with pesto sauce with salad and wine of course. We needed an espresso & a tart to get us going again.
The afternoon started quite easy with gentle downhill through some old villages, some not used year-round.
Then the way got steeper, and with a lot of loose rock left from the previous rains. Luckily the weather remained good, but it wasn't easy even for experienced hikers. We came out at a beautiful small village near a small lake formed by a dam. Now back to the Agrotourismo for a well earned beer before dinner.