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Day 16: Countryside
Today I went to a rural area of Italy. It was very calm and quiet here. The people were really nice and gave us some of their food so that we could eat there with them. Their houses were built of pure bricks making them very stable and warm for those cold fronts that come in the winter.
I did nothing else because I wanted to take a break. I had enough relaxation for the day outside enjoying the great wind and beautiful sun. ...
Tavira days
... with views across the river but the road does also run along here.
We spent a very pleasant few days swimming in the hotel pool and sitting in the sun then sauntering over the bridge when the heat of the day broke and having very good food in various restaurants including a curry house much to my delight (i know it is such a cliche but such is life).
We had planned to visit some of the ...
Seaside chill holiday
... in the late afternoon and evening and enjoy the cool breeze.
We did not have air conditioning which was a bit of a trial one night as it was incredibly hot (it is august after all) but a bigger problem was the mosquitos which had fierce bites but they did not last long. I recommend getting air conditioning in the summer months and also buying a beach umbrella.
All in all this is a good place to chill for a week ...
It can only get better!!!!!
... a site called La Clown, believe it or not Lol ! We booked 2 nights there and then the idea is to head to La Rochelle. We managed to put the tent up OK and quite pleased with it.This morning we went to a French market which was very busy, we also went to Intermarche to get Ruby a new lead which somehow I managed to lose her lead on the ship at disembarking! In the afternoon we had heavy rain, sat in the tent, completely worn out! During the night we woke up to heavy rain, ...
Mooring up another river
... the anchorage/mooring. What happens is the sand banks dry out as the tide lowers creating a channel that is about 6m at high water and 2.3m at low water.
We reached what we thought was the anchorage but every other boat was on a mooring buoy so with a couple of attempts we picked up a buoy. The wind was whistling down the channel and that made it more difficult for us.
While we were settling down Steve ...
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- Fitness/Health center
- Wheelchair accessibility