Discovered that staying near a lagoon means...mosquitoes. A few bites each – little buggers, these ones you don't feel land even with hairy legs & I didn't feel them either. Also discovered that the idiot driver scuffed the side of the Billy with his van mirror though it should come off with T cut. Lovely drive around the coast of Promontorio del Gargano, through Umbria Forest. Windy road up & down with beautiful scenery & views. We were intending to stop & stay at Vieste but for whatever reason Cathy didn't like the area probably because there were a couple of ne're do wells in the town car park...so on we went. Pretty glad we did too as this site (Lido Salpi) is lovely! 50M from a beautiful beach & very well looked after; the Caravan ... read more

Switched on the Dyson & travelled through 2 Italian regions today as we head south towards the 'heel' of Italy. This is another amazing road in that the views are just stunning. To our left, the snow capped mountains of the Grand Sasso & to our right the shimmering water of the Adriatic coupled with some of the highest viaducts we have ever seen followed by lots of tunnels. The whole area is a patchwork of olive & lemon groves & vines. We came off the autostrada to follow the coastal road to the next site. Whilst the nearby village is called Cagnano Varono, the site is on basically a spit of sandy land which encloses a lagoon – Lago di Varano. ...& then some idiot Italian in a delivery van came hurtling down the road ... read more

Happy St. Georges Day – forgot to bring my flag. Forgot to mention that the little town mentioned yesterday has a wild west festival this coming weekend – being rounded off on Sunday by the highlight of some unknown group singing & line dancing; Friday & Saturday must be awe inspiring... Another short trip down the coast to break the journey to what we hope will be the forrested site. This site is marginally better than last night...again there is one other pitch being used by an elderly couple from Milan, but at least they're dressed. Stopped at a supermarket in the morning & a marina for lunch. We came off the autostrada to use the 'A' road – but there are so many small, lineated towns that it was taking forever, so we went back ... read more

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A beautiful sunrise seen from the roof light over the cab (I should say at this point that Billy has an electric drop down bed in the centre so when we wake, we open the blind to the roof light & see what's what) Coupled with the birds singing, it was glorious. Had brekkers, put more washing on & read whilst that finished, put more on then assembled stuff to go out for a walk. Discovered meanwhile that the old chap behind us & an elderly couple about 20 yards away, who had arrived earlier, were now starkers. Each to their own... Carla came over & gave us a key to the campsite – they were off to take their friends/family (who had been helping prepare the site) to the airport – let yourself in & ... read more