Monthly Archives: December 2011

With spanner firmly in hand

Posted on December 31, 2011 by AdrianC

One of the biggest risks of doing a trip like this is the van playing up. Choosing to do it in a vehicle that’s near-nuff a quarter of a century old was never going to minimise that risk. As the … Continue reading →

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Swings and Roundabouts (part 2)

Posted on December 30, 2011 by AdrianC

The laptop’s back! One week for the shipping materials to get from Dell to us, one week for the laptop to get to Dell in Germany. Then a couple of days for them to rebuild it with a new motherboard … Continue reading →

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Camping cats

Posted on December 27, 2011 by EllieGee

This is a post for all you cat lovers. If you don’t like cats, you won’t like this, but please be patient and wait for further non-cat posts. We rarely closely encountered cats in France, Spain and Portugal and being … Continue reading →

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Life in San Vito

Posted on December 24, 2011 by EllieGee

We have been in San Vito lo Capo for four weeks now and now it’s Christmas Eve. It’s hard to believe it’s Christmas and we’re still on the road. The weather has been mixed with some high winds, the most … Continue reading →

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Welcome to San Vito lo Capo

Posted on December 16, 2011 by AdrianC

Ever since the snow in Abruzzo, we’ve been aware of the approach of winter. Few campsites are open, and the days are short enough that there’s a real restriction on what we’ve been able to do. As a result, we’ve … Continue reading →

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Cefalu

Posted on December 16, 2011 by AdrianC

Just east of Palermo lies Cefalu – a city grown up around a cathedral, nestled snugly into the tiniest of corners of flat(ish) land between a monumental rock and the sea. The town is a maze of tiny back streets, … Continue reading →

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Swings and Roundabouts

Posted on December 5, 2011 by AdrianC

There are days when nothing goes right, and there are days when everything goes right. Saturday was the former, today seems to be the latter so far. (Well, apart from this morning’s little incident when Ellie and her bicycle were … Continue reading →

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Palermo

Posted on December 1, 2011 by EllieGee

We followed the campsite owner on his bike slowly for around 5km, and arrived safely at Degli Ulivi campsite in Sferracavallo. It’s a small site compared to some we’ve been on, but cosy and very friendly as was the town. … Continue reading →

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