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It was about time we made a move today, so we made the 32km journey to Torre di Bari, beside Bari Sardo. Interestingly, the same journey the Nuraghic people must have made with hundreds of tonnes of Basalt when they built the Nuraghe in Foxi Manna we saw yesterday, according to the information board nearby.Continue reading “On repeat – Bari Sardo, Sardinia, Italy”

We’ve had a quiet day in Foxy Manna. I had built myself up to an epic 40+ mile, 3900ft elevation, cycle up the mountainside for this morning. However we were woken at 4 am by the howling winds. This was another of the BBC weather app’s “moderate winds” that we have experienced previously, that areContinue reading “Moderate wind again – Foxi Manna, Sardinia, Italy”

If you are a regular reader you may remember I said last Saturday, if we don’t leave today we may never leave. Then our ferry on 10th was cancelled. Now the overnight ferry on 17th Dec has no cabins left. That leaves departures on Christmas Eve or New Years’ eve at 5pm to arrive ChristmasContinue reading “Plan made (for now) – Foxi Manna, Sardinia, Italy”

We’ll be honest, when we saw the blue skies despite the terrible forecast and the calm seas as we drove along the coast yesterday, we were a little bit cynical about our cancelled ferry. However overnight last night Grimaldi ferries proved they had much more reliable forecast than we get on BBC Weather app, asContinue reading “The calm after the storm – Porto Corallo, Sardinia, Italy”

So today was the day for our ferry to Sicily. We started about our normal preparations for the day and then realised, horror of horrors, that we had run out of data on our Wi-Fi. So if I went to find the Vodafone shop to try and sort out some more data, whilst Kev tookContinue reading “Another change of plan – Spiaggia de Feraxi, Sardinia, Italy”

So we got to indulge in Aperitif s in Cagliari with the hoards of Christmas shoppers last night. The streets were filled with people and lit up with festive lights, it was a lovely atmosphere. It seemed everyone was drinking Aperol in the many restaurants and bars, so we thought we should join in withContinue reading “City living – Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy”

A sad goodbye to our beach side camp out this morning. Time to hit the big smoke before our ferry to Sicily on Saturday. However before we can park up we needed to do a full service changeover. So first to the laundrette at the marina, where luckily we were also able to get breakfastContinue reading “Job, Jobs, Jobs – Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy”

This morning we were up early for our morning dog walk to catch the sunrise on the beach. The dawn was absolutely glorious from darkest indigo to the more fluorescent orange. We all enjoyed watching the sunrise across the beautiful beach and coastline. Kevin got some fabulous pictures which will be a memory to saveContinue reading “Enjoying the sunshine – Notteri, (Villasimius), Sardinia, Italy”

This morning after a quiet night by the sea in our little carpark park-up it was time to do some exploring. We had only arrived at dusk yesterday so had not seen a great deal when we arrived. We could see a route on Google maps via the beach and the marina over to theContinue reading “Nearer the beach – Notteri, (Villasimius), Sardinia, Italy”

We had a great afternoon out in Pula yesterday. The streets were deserted as we walked through until we got to Piazza del Popollo which was full of people dining in the sunshine. Kev clocked another “best ever” for the trip, this time seafood spaghetti not for the quantity of seafood but for the flavourContinue reading “Going further back in time in Barumini – Villasimius, Sardinia, Italy”