Gram Parsons and the Flying Burrito Brothers with this song, brought the worldwide success of Tom Jones, to accompany the first steps of recovery nostalgically recalling the places were once "greener .
Before walking "post operative". 04/04/2009 plateau Cumiona
Departure at 13.52 Return 16.51 Km 7.5 hours at home .........
First release of "test", accompanied by Arnold and Eugene, starting from our house, we headed along the road towards the valley of Sciscion, overcoming the short climb uphill, which leads to Vergano.
Picture taken in February of the bridge over Sizzone in "my" valley just before the turn to the right that leads into town and Canuggioni then the ascent of Cumiona.
Just past the bridge, take the right path that leads Canuggioni Casale, leaving the main road that goes toward greater. We start to climb towards the Cumiona ( Cambiuna ) at a slow pace to help my recovery. We look at the latest case of ' Urgiera to resume church with its bell tower in the frame Vergano seen from the west.
continue on the road paving done by the Province in the sixties thanks to the efforts of the consortium of growers who, many had the vineyards on the plateau and that they should provide its maintenance (when it was still dirt and consortiums) to facilitate the passage of numerous carts pulled by oxen or cows that carried the vats for the harvest. With the rising section of asphalt were the poor animals that were facilitated to undertake the hard work of pulling baroiz and carrots. and later tractors that slowly came to replace them.
Almost at the end of the hill is a chapel restored in recent years by the group Three Casali BCM (Baraggioni, Canuggioni, Motto Florio). Towards the end of the 80 volunteers were very active in these various initiatives, one of which was the cleaning of ditches and bushes that lined precisely the way leading to Cumiona as the non-attendance and its low use due to the abandonment of the vineyards they were marking the degrado.Come imperishable testimony of this initiative, the chapel was restored and refined with a new painting by the late Giromini Marino, tireless animator, as well as the Assumption of the Madonna is reproduced in the statue that is preserved and venerated in the parish church of Vergano which is carried in procession through the streets of the town on August 15.
1994 is the year in which the "banks" M. Giromini signed this beautiful work, its fruit his huge passion for design. Noteworthy details on the two depicted in the view that reproduce Vergano from the West more or less the position that we now reach the vineyards of San Peru, and the old church cemetery with Vergano below the village of Santo Stefano.
This meritorious work of cleaning that the group did not like but I can not mention the rudeness of some people to reduce garbage even these green areas to be protected. We met along the way, the edges and the slope that descends to a small stream several bags of garbage and scrap, including televisions!, That made us cry in the massacre. And 'it possible that, with the waste collection service excellent that the city of Borgomanero offers, someone will take the trouble to load in the car (yes, because you have to get in the car so far ..) its waste and transport them in the woods when, with the same fuel consumption could lead them the controlled municipal landfill where they are separated and disposed of properly?? Then if one wants to be lazy all the way, she can leave her home in front of materials unsuitable for people to call and have them pick up .... I have not had the courage to document this nonsense, because I wish that my blog is only a beautiful example of what nature should be.
Beyond the curve after this chapel, the climb is over and also ends asphalt. We come to a crossroads where there is another chapel erected at the behest of the family Vercelli Santino children and for their devotion restored again by the BCM group. 
clicking on the image, you can read restored by the Group Three Casali Baraggioni Canuggioni Motto Florio July 1995
of this chapel I have my special memories as I become the stage of a treasure hunt I had organized for the celebration of the country in mid-August when I was a bold and enterprising young (70 years ...!) and I am very committed to keep our community alive. Treasure hunt car (in the sense that you could use the cars for the transfer and research sites) participated in at least a dozen crews made up of groups of four. It was therefore a success for our event. A win was a group of Maggiorina who had organized and specialized in stealing all similar competitions which took place in neighboring countries. To get to this chapel had created an enigmatic puzzle whose solution gave the precise references (spoiler now would say, teaches how to Geocache ...) to find the place. Once you arrive in front of the chapel, the competitors had to count the number of beads that are part of the crown that was on the neck of the Madonna and bring it back up ... a paper to be delivered at the start: if the answer was correct, would have provided the envelope next to continue the hunt, or else ... back to double check! I assure you that the thing was quite stressful, because I remember myself when my count done quietly out the exact number, I had to make at least a dozen checks, and not always agreed on ... Try ... enlarging the image in which I'm just giving my brother the necklace (or rosary) in question. (Even if the painting after more than thirty years may be forfeited quality) 
To add other information, I can remember the names of the saints depicted on the sides of central painting. I made some effort to recognize them, but from top to bottom and from left to right, are St. John the Baptist, St. Bernard (a saint in the area of \u200b\u200bMount Fenera is often remembered with both chapels with places), San Louis, St. Peter. It would be interesting to understand the reasons for the representation: of course there will be a significance of their presence rather than that of other saints. I leave to any readers Borgomaneresi a possible explanation if the case should be held.
before continuing our walk, once again admire the beautiful landscaping work done by the group Three Casali, with the laying of the floor and the addition of stones.
Today we have opted for the road to the area called San Pietro, the highest point of this part of Cumiona, as were other possible directions, as you can see from the attached map at the beginning, right to the Urdinera and clay quarry and then further towards the mountain and the park Soliva Fenera; right and then right again towards the area of \u200b\u200bMontalto, the Nivea and former vineyards Verganesi; left towards the Varzaiga and the southern end of Cumiona . course ahead of us, heading west, toward San Peru the area where they were located most of the vineyards of the inhabitants of the Holy Stefano.
arrive just at the Church of San Peru that probably was once used as a devotional chapel, but now has become a building partly abandoned and partly used by some neighboring owner.
While the interior is bleak abandoned, leaving only a small font on the wall to witness the religious use of the building, the facade is maintained in excellent condition and is leading the beautiful representation of St. Peter holding the keys of heaven, by that G. Albergante. Difficult to interpret the other figure, which I try to identify with Madonna at the time of his accession in Heaven, though in hindsight it might even be the Ascension of Jesus Ma ...
now proceed to an area where they are kept alive some vineyards that according to Arnold that he knows the people are owned by people of Santo Stefano. We climb to the highest summit of this area and from here we can admire, even though the weather is pretty gray, the view to the east reveals that the dome of the Church and the Castle of Vergano in the foreground and then the hills in the distance, beyond the plain dell'Agogna where there is Borgomanero, with Maggie in the north and south Santa Cristina.
It 'time to return and put a strong to the south, we travel the whole extent of the plateau which slopes Cumiona then to the valley of Sizzone Maggiora. We come out right near the homes of Manghich, character known by both Arnold and Eugene. And you are right that is coming out of the house. We stop to talk to him to almno quarter of an hour and also get news about the winery that produces wine DOCG son opened in Boca, with the possibility to come to his house to buy wine or loose or after three years of bottle aging.
We rejoined the main road that leads towards greater and we are right next to the turn of Rogiu from where the climb begins. We head in the opposite direction and going up the hill Casino us back to the valley where Vergano Sizzone of following the road of going back home.
It 'been a long as time, walk and maybe a little overkill for my current options. The doctors I had been recommended walks, but plain. Maybe now with my first "rough" I have already made a pretty severe test, the result after all positive.
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