Cammino di San Benedetto: A short day of road & track walking. Day 3: Ruscio to Leonessa

The Cammino di San Benedetto (The way of St. Benedict) is a 300km hike in central Italy linking three of the most important places associated with Saint Benedict: it begins in Norcia where he was born; passes through Subiaco where he founded his first monastic house and the trail ends at the great abbey of Montecassino, where he wrote his rule, laying out the form that monasticism takes to this day.
It begins in Umbria, but soon crosses the border into Lazio, where it remains for the rest of the hike.
Day 3 was the shorted day in the whole hike at just over 11kms. It was also mostly on surfaced roads which made the hiking easy and quick. Starting in Ruscio we gently ascended through rolling fields and small villages, eventually arriving at Leonessa and perfectly in time for lunch!
The weather was good to start with, but turned hazy, then cloudy and then stormy as we approached Leonessa in the rain but quickly returned to sun and blue skies. A calm and easy day of hiking in central Italy indeed!
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