Roasted chestnuts at Pegnana

Roasted chestnuts under the chestnut tress at Pegnana this afternoon

A well attended annual event organised by the local CAI group this afternoon had one of two surprises. One was the wonderful sunny warm weather and incredible autumn light that happens every now and again at this time of year.. remembering that this is the last week on October! The other was a surprise find of a monster porcini mushroom by one of the people attending the event ... she would not reveal exactly where she found the huge mushroom, estimated to be around 3 kilos, but was prepared to have it photographed to show the rest of the world her find. (Prices in the shops for porcini mushroom start at Euro25 a kilo and then go up depending on condition, size and time of the year.) More images here