Looking for the next window of sunshine – which was Nice
Our sun chase took us over the border into France and a campsite near Cannes. Handy for dropping Tash at Nice airport after her mini break and near enough to […]
Monthly Archives: February 2016
Telematica – back to Oltre Finale
Chasing a blast of sunshine on a generally showery coast, we blasted back to Oltre Finale, which seems to enjoy a great microclimate. Sector Telematica has generally easier routes, nothing […]
Camping in a Volcano and a visit to the Vatican
We’ve camped in some odd and spectacular places, but the campsite in Naples was certainly one of the more unusual. It’s in the crater of a Volcano. … … complete […]
Sperlonga – a day out by the seaside
South of Rome, the next climbing of note is by the seaside town of Sperlonga. The coast is sprinkled with grey and orange crags above the busy coastal road, but […]
Roaming through Rome
The dreary weather has returned after a few stonking days, so another dose of culture is on the cards. To be honest, we’d have dropped in to take a shufty […]
Grotti – no, not a verdict, but a crag near Rome
Grotti is a small village about 100 km north of Rome. A mixture of conglomerate and pockety limestone, the climbing bears similarly to Buoux and Margalef (according to reports on […]
Ferentillo
Heading down into Umbria, we’ve been for a trip down memory lane. We first (and last) visited Ferentillo more than 20 years ago on our “little big trip”. At that […]
Tuscany tourism – a morning in Sienna
We’re not great culture vultures – our only previous visit to Tuscany saw us taking in the sites of both Pisa and Florence on the same day (and they’re a […]
Muzzerone
A couple of hundred km down the coast from Finale lies La Spezia, a slightly unlovely port city in a beautiful setting. The harbour is at the southern end of […]
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