August 2009

Happy holidays to all!
(even those who, like me, likes idleness ...)

Hello boys and girls!

I do the honors, and then it is my duty to wish you

(.. and a bit too me ...)

to spend a happy summer!

A summer that has the flavor of a mint ice sucked for a long time, until it becomes almost white ...

as I did when I was a puppy! A Summer

that smacks of new-mown grass, forest after the rain ...

a summer that retains the warmth of a sunset lived, savored until the last shadow in the saddle to your mountain bikes ...

a summer that has a stop in the quiet of a mountain lake ...

A Summer glow as bright as a falling star ...

A Summer heat in the days that we know the long and dark winter ...

Even through the memories!

Happy Holidays!

Reel

Mock of the Notice

Pratomagno Casentino ...

I come from we say:

"If you are a silly and you want to"
giving people that combine all the colors ...
Why??

Because only a fool like me could come up with to make a turn in Mtb as what we did ...

Follow me!

How did I convince Roberto, Antonio, Laura, Leonardo to follow me in this crazy idea?

In truth, the idea of \u200b\u200ba MTB ride in a full day had come to Leonardo ...

Me had spoken and had given me carte blanche on pecorso to do ...

still do not know the risks he was!

Come on, let's start!

After the first km of asphalt, we entered on the dirt road leading to the village of

Ferrando (Fi)

and

Ristonchi (Fi)

and from there took the road that leads to

Abbey of Vallombrosa (Florence)

immersed in Vallombrosa forest ...

After a quick lunch at the Refuge

Giuntini Mount Secchieta

we continued along the scenic road Pratomagno ...

passing through

Wind Farm Mount Secchieta

that provides electricity to the whole

City Montemignaio (Ar)

Montemignaio The country is on extended wooded ridge in the north-eastern slopes of the mountain between Pratomagno Secchieta and the pass of Consume.

Who comes from the bottom Casentino, Montemignaio offers the vision of the tower of Castel Leone, and a singular slopes of terraced fields ... The Parish of St.
Maria Assunta (second half of the twelfth century) is one of the most important Romanesque buildings in the Casentino ...
http://www.montemignaio.net/

To get on the ridge leading to the large cross, there is a very steep dirt road.

not pedal above because then the wind that blows strong in these parts, makes it difficult to balance on your bike!

So many people are pushing for a few hundred meters, or Robert, if the load on his shoulders ...

"The Way of the Cross"

But arrived on the ridge, the show is really satisfying!!

It almost seems to touch the hand with the Grand Cross Pratomagno ...

Great

Cross Pratomagno

and 'Day was inaugurated in August of 1928 and is

share 1591Mt

This is a large cross modular iron, which dominates the mass and is' visible from a distance. The
Pratomagno and 'a very complex system, characterized by different environments that are the result of its large size and the work of man, as evidenced by the great prairies of the ridge that gives its name to the mountain range.
Near the cross cattle and horses graze in the wild: a few minutes walk to the left, shown a number of antennas, is the summit of Mount

Pianellaccio

with its

1593 m. high altitude

is the highest point 'of the whole chain of high Pratomagno.
is worth to get there 'cause the top of Pianellaccio is the monument to the famous flying ace

Henry Hinkler

(who died during a flight on Pratomagno)

rebuilt on the site was the one erected at the time of Mussolini and destroyed during the Second World War.

Pratomagno from the Casentino, to