Today our walk begins in Ravello, its hillside setting giving us many views across the valley
A colourful ceramic shop
Hillside villages
And the town square with church
D H Lawrence spent some time here writing a book
Many tall pine trees scattered around the town
Views of the Mediterranean
We head for the Villa Cimbrone once frequented by the Bloomsbury Set gardens designed be Ernest William Beckett
With help from Harold Peto, Edwin Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll, trees and floral displays designed by Vita Sackvilla West
More views from the terraces
Here we are on the Terrace of Infinity
With its eighteenth century marble busts
Approached through the Temple of Ceres
A flower
Originally thought to be a quote from D H Lawrence but now known to be from Catallus
Mercury's seat with 18th Century bronze statue 'Hermes at Rest'
The temple of Bacchus
Bacchus
Processional pine caterpillars
Zooming in
The tea room
Column of Roman times carved in the Middle Ages
Not sure what it is but it looked intriguing
No town should be without this type of shop
Re-assembling in the square
A last look at the ceramic shop - would that fit in a suitcase?
Before starting downhill
Across the stream at the bottom
Looking back up at the villa on the hillside
The smallest town in Italy - not much scope for development
Old castle - just the walls remaining
Romeo and Juliet House
Entering the Valla della Ferriere Nature Reserve
Looking down on Amalfi
Pausing for refreshment in a wayside cafe under lemon trees
Before continuing downhill
Into the valley
An old Roman aqueduct
Making a good picture frame
We follow the stream downhill
Past many derelict paper factories
And a curious goose
Lemon groves and another derelict paper mill
The last steps of the holiday!
Eventually reaching Amalfi
Later that evening Colin gives us the results of his anagram quiz
Our answers being carefully checked
Then presentations are made to our leader
And to the hotel staff
Photos and captions by Richard, uploaded by Sally