they do run
 

The ferries that is...

in October ...

...around the Cinque Terre. I know I was on one.

In May 1902

And was the weather good :-)

I have been in Southern Italy for two weeks, and the weather was virtually perfect.

Absolutely. I was worried about the weather as historically it is a wet month. We saw wet weather on Thursday but mostly during the night. The weather was perfect for walking. Glad to hear you also had good weather.