The beginning of our journey: rain, castles and ghosts

When the great day finally arrived… it rained cats and dogs!  Nonetheless, we got on the bus ready for an exciting adventurous day to discover the wonderful landscapes and hidden rural places of our territory.

The castle in Padernello

  We spent the morning in the countryside    visiting secluded and almost completely  uninhabited villages, like Bettegno, Campazzo, Scorzarolo and Cadignano. We walked through corn and wheat fields on the footsteps of our  ancestors who used to live and work there.

 In the afternoon, after having eaten our  packed-lunch and played tennis table and table  football on a local farm, we strolled  around its cute animals like donkeys, sheeps,  goats and chickens. We were also given some  precious information about the rearing of  silkworms, a tradition typical of the farms of bassa bresciana, which has unfortunately been gradually forgotten.

The entrance of the masters' house in Bettgno

Later on we headed for Padernello, another little village famous for its castle and its legend about a little sick girl called Bianca. She had just moved from the city and knew nothing about countrylife. One night she saw some fireflies, totally mesmerised she followed them and accidentally fell into the ditch surrounding the castle. Her spirit is still alive and the ghost of little Bianca is said to haunt the place every fifteen years on 20th July. On that occasion the locals organize a tribute to her hoping to see her ghost. At around five o’ clock our trip was over and after an exciting but wet day we got home.