Month: May 2018

Another day in this lovely place. Whizzed up the steps to the town first thing to go to the post office. Just needed a few stamps for postcards etc. First you have to go through the airlock, one at a

Not much to report this evening. Had a lovely relaxing day. An hour at the beach 🏖 this morning with a swim – that’s that exercise stuff we used to do! Sat about in the shade with Rufus all afternoon

Up the motorway for a bit through many tunnels again this morning. We wanted to come back to Tropea for a couple of days as it’s so nice, but it meant going north to come back south! We know from

The long drive back to Italy today. Motorway all the way, so not too bad for the driver….until we reached Messina that is! The northern coastline of Sicily was much more green and mountainous than anywhere we’ve been since we

Still at Camping Sanfilippo. Thought we’d stay another day so that we could get the bus in to Cefalu. It looked far too technical to drive in and the buses run every hour (in theory)! Rufus decided it was far

Set off for Monreale this morning after saying goodbye to Catherine and Steve, who very kindly stocked us up with wine as thanks for Guy’s endeavours yesterday! This couple have been through Albania and all the way to Istanbul…cannot begin

Lazy day at a fab campsite. This mornings phone call with Jordan was interrupted by a really nice Scottish couple scraping their motorhome against a tree whilst parking. They managed to remove the bumper completely in the process and both

First picture is one from the Nature Reserve yesterday which Guy forgot to add. This morning we asked the car park man which was the best way to Tonnara di Scopello…supposed to be a beautiful rocky bay with a disused

Drove up to San Vito Lo Capo which was a long road up through some very different scenery. It was very green and rocky with threatening rain clouds. There was a kite festival taking place on the beach with many

Up the road to Trapani this morning. Easy parking for a change and a short walk in to the old town. It was a bit like Cadiz, surrounded by sea, although a bit less green. It did have a bit