Locorotondo: Sat Sept 3 – Tue Sept 6 Saturday 3rd September: day 2 of A’qto cycle tour My first full day of the A’qto section of our holiday started with a sunrise walk back along the beachfront before meeting up with the group at 8 am for breakfast. The cyclists set off for their… More
Polignano a Mare: Fri Set 2 – Sat Set 3 Friday 2nd September Our Bari checkout today wasn’t until 10:30 am and so we went for a final walk along the Lungomare. Our cycle tour hosts, Nancy and Damian, picked our group up from Bari train station at 11 am and it seemed we were the… More
Bari: Wed Aug 31 – Fri Sept 2 Accommodation link. Wednesday 31st August. It may well be the last day of summer in this part of the world but the daily temperatures don’t seem to register that fact. It was another glorious sunny day with not a cloud in the sky and the temperature… More
Tuesday 30th September: Monopoli Day Trip The plan for today was to visit Monopoli but we started the day off with another early morning walk through the old town and along the city walls. I’d mentioned yesterday about how thick the city walls were and I captured a photo this morning to illustrate this dimension.… More
Ostuni: Sun Aug 28 – Wed Aug 31 Accommodation: here and here. Arrival Day: Sunday 28th. It was another glorious morning for our last day on the Amalfi Coast and Mark celebrated this by having a final swim before we set off to Ostuni. We decided to get away… More
Amalfi Coast: Fri Aug 26 – Sun Aug 28 Accommodation link Amalfi was the first stop on our 2022 six week European Cycle trip; the twice rescheduled trip thanks to Covid. QANTAS CEO Alan Joyce had recently been slammed for blaming travelers for many of the travel / flight woes due to them being ‘travel-unfit’.… More
Tuesday 3rd May There was no early walk today as we had a day tour with a scheduled 7.45 am pick up. This turned out to be 8.45 though due to bus issues. The trip today was operated by Emu Run Experience and was out exploring the west MacDonnell ranges. The first stop was… More
Monday 2nd May It was a beautiful sunny morning and so Mark headed off for an early bike ride and I took a walk into town. Town was nothing like I had expected: there were very few walkers out and about and very few cars on the road. Rather strange for a Monday morning… More
Sunday 1st May The forecast for today had been for cloud and so the sunrise was not nearly as impressive as the day before. Mark ventured out for a one hour bike ride and I headed out for a short walk before our 5 hour drive to Alice Springs. We had breakfast at Carmichael’s… More
Saturday 30th April There was the most glorious sunrise this morning, which we could see quite well from our room, as we were getting ready for our walking tour of Kings Canyon. The plan had been for us to meet our guide for a private walking tour at 6:30 am but we ended up… More