Month: September 2020

Bad back and I went for a walk into the town this morning. We’d been told that to get to the beach there was a tunnel under the road. We started walking under it and ended up nearly crawling out

Well, we’ve made it back to the other side of Italy. Couldn’t decide which campsite to go for. The Acsi discounted ones were a long way out of town and we need to be here for two days to get

Another rude awakening in the early hours this morning. Thought they might be putting market stalls up around us ( That’s happened before!🤣) but I think all the stuff from the bike race was being bought back to the car

Not much sleep was had as the Poles next door seemed to be having a party till the early hours, which was ok by us, but then at 6am there was the sound of another motorhome moving in. Shortly after,

Well, that was a wild night! Like being in a wind tunnel …I really thought we’d all be blown away by this morning. Guy’s sleep was aided by three glasses of vodka and apple juice ‘forced’ upon him by the

“Well….there’s the world road race championships you see – they’re just on the other side of Italy below Bologna” That’ll be the side of Italy we came from a couple of weeks ago then! 🙄 Retraced our steps back through

Gone upmarket for my birthday! I put a dress on so Guy couldn’t make me do any cliff faces. We drove to a campsite just outside Rapallo, then after strict instructions from the campsite owner, we went and stood at

Rain this morning but the sun tried to come out towards lunchtime so we made a dash for the train. We visited the two remaining villages of the Cinque Terre that we missed yesterday. Corniglia first; the smallest of the

We bought a two day train/hiking trail pass this morning for our exploration of the the five fishing villages. We weren’t sure if Guy’s back would withstand carrying the camera whilst climbing up and down steps, so thought it best

Bit of a driving day today, starting with a full circuit of Mantua as we couldn’t find the way out. We had planned to stop in Parma for lunch and a ham purchase, but Guy’s back is not great today