No, not Charlie, an even older man.We saw him coming along the trail moving very slowly on two canes. He wanted to chat. He asked us how old we thought he was, Wynette told the social lie and said 85 even though he was clearly older than that. He said 94. He was a postman when we worked. He rode a bicycle for 20 km every day delivering the mail. We have seen 3-4 postmen on bicycles so far.
He said he had been retired for 40 years. I seem to remember reading that many people retire at 55 in Italy, or used to. This is one of their economic problems. Not that I am casting any stones since I retired just after I turned 53.
We asked if we could take his picture but he did not want us to, so no photo for this post.
It is so much fun talking to the locals. More kudos to Wynette for being able to pull this off. She says she only gets 25% of what they say but that seems to be enough.