Above Trapani on the top of a mountain sits Erice, originally settled in 1200 BC by Elymians (don’t know, so please don’t ask), a desirable (largely because it was defensible) cliff-top place to live in the Middle Ages. It was the place to live, with Trapani simply acting as its port. The tables have turned…
Once we’d recovered from lugging the bags up to our 4th Floor apartment, it was time to explore and eat, because it felt a long a long time since breakfast. The big mistake I regularly make is bowling up to places and expecting that we’ll be the only people interested in eating there at peak…
After the many ups & downs (physical, rather than emotional) of the days since we left Palermo, we were looking forward to a few nights in the same place, sauntering about the city, which we were assured was largely flat. The best laid plans were somewhat scuppered when we received an email from our host…
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The reason we spent 2 nights in Castellammare del Golfo, rather than swinging straight past and on to Trapani, is that buried somewhere in all the holiday research done, there was an article about the creation of the first nature reserve in Sicily. In 1989 a large, peaceful protest (please note no one threw soup…
We returned to the airport to collect the hire car and set out with what can only be described as an air of trepidation about us. We had witnessed first-hand the lawlessness of Palermo’s roads on our relatively short taxi journey from the airport to our hotel, how would we deal with this on our…
Apart from a quick week at the Cottage and a couple of long weekends away, we have been largely Hambleden based over the summer. The theory being that while the weather is good in the UK, why travel when most of Europe is ferociously hot in July & August (and full of people armed with…
I may have mentioned that I turned 60 last September (it’s right up there with “My perfect eyes” on the list of things most mentioned) but sadly I am no longer 60 – I am 61. “Thank God for that!” cried Catering, who I fear may have become a little tired of the on-going celebrations.…
So the Rugby World Cup 2023 website has produced a selection of best of moments; tries, tackles, top plays and top players, so I thought it might be fun to put my own best of list together: Best Ladies Loo – Bordeaux by a country mile. No queues at the Ladies, such an unusual occurrence,…
Apparently “Lifers get less!” according to Catering (a bit rude, I thought) So approximately 31 years ago we spent a night in Chateau d’Audrieu in Normandy, land of apples, cider and calvados; we were on our honeymoon. I thought it would be nice to revisit and so on the final leg of our 2023 RWC…
Nantes – Japan v Argentina So we packed up the truck (not much wriggle room in the back any more) and headed north again, this time to Nantes for our last match, and as it turns out a real decider. The change in location was a case of the sublime and the ridiculous; from Mayfair-on-sea…