The Basilica of St Francis.

The Cathedral of San Ruffino in which we saw the font that both St Francis and St Clare were baptized in.

The botanical "Pax" outside the Basilica.

The Ramblers gather outside the Basilica

The Ramblers on the road to Rivotorto where St Francis had his first community.

Sculpture at Rivotorto.

The shrine at the hermitage where St Francis and his brothers spent their afternoons in prayer.

The beautiful countryside around the hermitage.

Grecchio, a must see location, where St Francis introduced the crib as an aid to teaching Christian Doctrine.

One of the fascinating collection of cribs from around the world at Grecchio.

Most of our meals were at Hotel Rocca

But one evening we had a communal dinner at Hotel San Ruffino where we were joined by another group of the club who had arranged a separate holiday at the same time as we were in Assisi

On our last day we paid a flying visit to Rome where we saw St Peters

We had one last photocall outside the Vatican before boarding our coach to the airport and thence to London