{"id":2983,"date":"2014-11-21T19:00:24","date_gmt":"2014-11-21T18:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.katebailward.com\/drivinglikeamaniac\/?p=2983"},"modified":"2014-11-22T15:34:24","modified_gmt":"2014-11-22T14:34:24","slug":"acquarocca-dei-zappini-a-trek-into-the-clouds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katebailward.com\/drivinglikeamaniac\/2014\/11\/acquarocca-dei-zappini-a-trek-into-the-clouds\/","title":{"rendered":"Acquarocca degli Zappini – a trek into the clouds"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Etna’s trees, dressed in their best and showing off their full range of autumn colours<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Into the woods …<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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… and over the bridge, trippety-trap<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"copper<\/a>
A glow of sun from far above, and the damp, smoky scent of cloud\u00a0all around<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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A crisp-edged broom breaks through\u00a0its\u00a0muffling layer of cloud<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"fruitful<\/a>
With the cloud is at its thickest, and the slope at its steepest, we scramble through undergrowth and skid on crunchy, loose-lying, black ash on our final push to the top<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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