Friday June 7, Cefalu

We were given these lemons when we arrived at the camp.
Perfect for the bot, shame I didn't have any honey!

Seems like Ian has been very kind and passed on his bot, not the best thing to have now that the weather has turned so hot!  Anyway, just need to get on with it and hope it doesn’t hang on too long. Today’s destination was a campground just out of Cefalu which had been recommended to us. Thought we might take the secondary coast road rather than the motorway, but it wasn’t long before we realised that it would be a very testing three hour drive as it passed through many small villages where the roads were rather narrow and it was like playing dodgems with the oncoming cars. The better option was to hit the toll road, with only an hour and half drive.

This is a very rocky area and the hills run right down to the coast, so the toll road has been built higher up with tunnels through the hills and bridges over the valleys. We counted and got to 49 tunnels, with many a kilometre and more long. The views out to the coast were stunning. I think we would have spent at least 50% of the journey in tunnels or on bridges, but the surface was good and it was an easy drive.

Arrived at the camp with the temperatures already in the thirties and were shown to a very nice site parked in under the trees. Perfect. It is a really nice camp, which is tiered down to a sandy beach, the road is lined with flowers and everything is very clean and tidy. Very friendly French neighbours chatted and shared ideas of places to visit in Sicily. I am feeling pretty under the weather and Ian is still feeling pretty jaded so it was easy to have an afternoon siesta. Planning tomorrow to catch the bus at the gate and visit Cefalu. Very few photos again, not feeling inspired!

Out of one tunnel and into the next!

The countryside is looking much drier.

Camp views.