Pignotto 2010

1 Mmm... the sight that greeted us when we arrived. It was a big job to clear and then we took down two more!	2 Our neighbour's neat work	3 Not as good, unfortunately, as Ernesto's place up the road but fairly good nonetheless	4 In the Gran Sasso National Park
5 In the Gran Sasso National Park	6 Headless Roman Statues in a gem of a hill town - Osimo nr Ancona	7 Headless Roman Statues in a gem of a hill town - Osimo nr Ancona	8 Big Knockers in a gem of a hill town - Osimo nr Ancona
9 We thought our neighbour was being a tad optimistic	10 Our new car port	11 Carlo trying a new vine trimming contraption which could save him 10 days or more a year	12 Another gem of a hill town - Moresco
13	14	15 In another gem of a hill town - Amatrice	16
17 A huge man-made lake called Campoposto not far from Gran Sasso	18 Ferragosto, the main summer holiday, near Campoposto	19 Part of the Templaria celebrations in Castignano. They take place over 4 nights in August and are huge.	20 Part of the Templaria celebrations in Castignano. They take place over 4 nights in August and are huge.
21 Part of the Templaria celebrations in Castignano. They take place over 4 nights in August and are huge.	22 Part of the Templaria celebrations in Castignano. They take place over 4 nights in August and are huge.	23 Gran Sasso 2900+m slm - near L'Aquila	24 The hill fort town of Civitella del Tronto - yet another little gem
25 Jackie, our neighbour's dog whom we 'semi-adopted' 4 days a week - Flo would have been furious	26	27 Early morning in the garden, in mid September, looking towards the Monti Sibillini