As forecast, the sun came out today and what felt like a drab and stuffy town yesterday was transformed today. It was lovely to watch the waves through the windscreen with our morning cup of tea. We started with a morning walk across the beach. The recent storm has brought in lots of debris toContinue reading “What a difference a day makes – Bosa, Sardinia, Italy”
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Good start, rain later – Bosa, Sardinia, Italy
In the morning we woke up in Alghero, I had decided on a bike ride so was on the road early. Kev took the girls for a walk around the harbour. I saw my first nuraghe at the side of the road behind a big steel fence. Over 7000 have been found on Sardinia, builtContinue reading “Good start, rain later – Bosa, Sardinia, Italy”
Itâs been moderately wild – Alghero, Sardinia, Italy
So, we did not manage to venture far last night. We decided to eat in the van watching the rain come down in stair rods bouncing back off the tarmac. It did relent briefly from biblical to torrential so we made a run for it to the bar 50 yards away. Where we settled forContinue reading “Itâs been moderately wild – Alghero, Sardinia, Italy”
Anti-Clockwise tour commenced – Alghero, Sardinia
Today we woke up to our own private campsite with seaviews đ However, we did have some howling winds to listen to all last night as the enormous low pressure system covering most of mainland Europe passes overhead. This morning though, we could see the very industrial Porto Torres, our entrance to Sardinia, silhouetted asContinue reading “Anti-Clockwise tour commenced – Alghero, Sardinia”
Ciao Italia – Stintinto, Sardinia
In the early hours of this morning we were finally able to board our ferry. The first non-roll-on / roll-off I have been on in many years. The couple of hours of watching them reverse lorries on the cargo decks before we boarded demonstrated to me why ferry design has evolved to what it has.Continue reading “Ciao Italia – Stintinto, Sardinia”
Grimaldi Ferry between Barcelona and Porto Torres, Sardinia
Yesterday was a bit of a steady day, spent wandering round the lovely delicatessens of San Feliu de GuĂxols deciding on some Spanish delicacies to take with us on to our next destination. A bit of reading, healthy lunch early night as today we have an overnight ferry which departs at 02:30. We had originallyContinue reading “Grimaldi Ferry between Barcelona and Porto Torres, Sardinia”
Cycling adventures and celebrations – San Feliu de GuĂxols, Catalonia, Spain
I had decided my birthday wish today was to start the day with a cycle to Tossa de Mar along the coast. So at 8am I was on the road, just after daybreak. Luckily, it was pretty easy navigation, turn right out of the Aire and keep going, first mile uphill đđ´đťââď¸ I even sawContinue reading “Cycling adventures and celebrations – San Feliu de GuĂxols, Catalonia, Spain”
Celebration rehearsal – San Feliu de GuĂxols, Catalonia, Spain
We can see now how the siesta happens in Spain. Evening meals are eaten from earliest 9pm onwards, then from 06:30 latest, construction traffic starts. No wonder they all take a snooze after lunch. Following dumper trucks and leaf blowers (?!) at 6.15am this morning, we were already out and accidentally wandering around the marketContinue reading “Celebration rehearsal – San Feliu de GuĂxols, Catalonia, Spain”
Planning, traffic and laundry – San Feliu de GuĂxols, Catalonia, Spain
Kevin was awake early this morning plotting and planning our next stop. We had a sort of vague plan to head south to where it is warm and some places we had missed on the way north previously. However, we know it is the right plan when we both get excited to go. We hadContinue reading “Planning, traffic and laundry – San Feliu de GuĂxols, Catalonia, Spain”
Castellfollit de la Roca visiting – Sant Joan Les Fonts, Catalonia, Spain
We moved inland this morning to visit a site we had seen as an image on Facebook a few weeks ago and realised we would be passing close by. We were out with the dogs early, breakfasted, van servicing done and on the road by just after 08:30. First stop a large Carrefour supermarket forContinue reading “Castellfollit de la Roca visiting – Sant Joan Les Fonts, Catalonia, Spain”
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