Day 13 - Casalbore (30 kms)

Rubbish signing again out of Benevento. But Frank you have GPS, don’t you use that, what’s the problem? Well, yes and no. I don’t use it all the time as it drains my five year old phone battery and I always need to have some juice at the end to call the place I’m staying in or whatever. Plus I like to have my hands free, what with the dodgy paths, rabid dogs etc. Anyway, this was deemed a hard stage and while it was and again the path was completely overgrown it was doable. It helps to get 3 hours in before the sun really heats up. Once it gets to 10.30am things become quite unpleasant. 



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