Our first day walking was a good introduction to our holiday in the Dolomites. The walking was sometimes steep but well within our capabilities. The route was easy to find - our one digression was a minor one. And the views were breath-taking!

San Candido was a good place to stay. Lots of shops and a chemist with the largest stock of Compeed known to man! The Post Hotel was exceptional and was the best of the trip - but the others were very good! And the village festival was the icing on the cake - lots of free (and noisy) entertainment after we finished our dinner.

We slept well and woke ready for our next days walking.

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All of this days photos can be found HERE.

On Foot give figures for the walking distance of their route and how much uphill is involved. I can get similar figures from my GPS, and they are given in the accompanying table. My figures are always greater as our route is slightly different from theirs and, when not moving, the inaccuracies of GPS technology mean that every 5 seconds (that’s how often my GPS records its position) the position changes by a couple of metres. This accumulates and the accuracy of positioning deteriorates in woodland and near signal reflecting cliffs. The same applies to the height measurements.