Monthly Archives: November 2011

Round the western end

Posted on November 24, 2011 by AdrianC

After our mud-bath, the Austrian owner of the Torre Salsa site greeted us with the news that we couldn’t camp in their beach section, as the ground was too soft… We didn’t need telling twice, so settled in the main … Continue reading →

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Six months on…

Posted on November 19, 2011 by AdrianC

Today, 19th November, marks six months since we walked out of our house and drove to Dover. A lot’s happened in that time. We’ve been to a lot of places. We’ve covered about 20,000km (difficult to be sure, because of … Continue reading →

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Getting stuck in…

Posted on November 15, 2011 by EllieGee

Some days take on a different dimension quite suddenly and unexpectedly… We spent the night at a nice campsite near Valle dei Templi with the usual large family of characterful camping cats we now expect. We woke up to another … Continue reading →

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Southern Sicily

Posted on November 15, 2011 by AdrianC

Ominous and insistent midnight buzzing has been the far-too-consistent soundtrack at the last couple of campsites, as mozzies have done their best to drive our chewed carcasses further insane. The campsite near Ragusa, Scarabeo, was lovely in all respects bar … Continue reading →

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An island we couldn’t refuse

Posted on November 7, 2011 by EllieGee

Our first week and a half in Sicily has been one of ups and downs, mainly due to the weather which has veered from close to freezing point up to high 20s sunshine, with driving rains and gusty winds in … Continue reading →

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Time off for a lazy beach holiday

Posted on November 4, 2011 by AdrianC

The long road south from Matera was probably not the most scintillating of the trip – the bits we could see through the weather looked good, anyway. At best murky and overcast, the rain broke one of our golden rules … Continue reading →

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