The alarm woke us up at 6.00am. After showering and packing our bags, we were out of our cabin by 7.30am. The ferry felt like it had docked, so we hunted for a window to admire a view of sunny Sardinia. To our shock it was a grey day with low cloud lying over the port. Not what we had ordered, but maybe the sun will burn away the cloud soon.
By 8.30am, we were sitting in the poshest McDonald’s McCafe that I had ever visited. We ordered coffee and croissants, one marmalade and one Nutella, which we consumed whilst taking advantage of their WiFi. It was the a perfect start to the day.
I had an itinerary and 1st stop was Pelosa Beach, just north of Stintino on a long peninsula on the north western corner of Sardinia. It is a famous beach, known for it’s sandy beach and turquoise waters. It also has a scenic turret on a small island off shore.
I’m guessing half the vehicles on our ferry had the same idea and it was a procession of motorbikes, cars and campers, some of whom we recognised, travelling up and down the solitary road.
It was a 20 mile drive and when we arrived we caught a glimpse of the beach and its turquoise sea, which was already chockablock with people and more sunbathers streaming towards it. There were parking attendants everywhere so we abandoned the car on what we think were the empty disabled bays, peered over a hedge and took a photo which from our angle didn’t look turquoise, just grey.
We were relieved to leave and we soon stopped at Saline Beach, which was windswept and covered in seaweed. It didn’t even warrant a photo.
We followed the coast down to Alghero, which was bustling with Italians enjoying a cloudy Sunday morning on the promenade. We then passed Alghero’s old town with its very picturesque ancient looking Cathedral and Sea Walls. The roads were too busy for us to stop for a photo opportunity.
South of Alghero, the road followed the coast along what can only be described as a scenic drive, albeit often in low cloud, which we were not impressed about. We wouldn’t have had this miserable weather in the Greek Islands!!
We continued through Bosa and down to S’Archittu, where the sun finally started to make an appearance. Luckily for the town name namers, S’Archittu has a big arch in the rock. It also had quite a nice looking beach.
We continued to Putzu Idu, which has a road and a thin strip of beach between a lake and the sea. The beach was full of more ‘Eyetyes’. After just a quick leg stretch, we drove on to Is Arutus Beach, where incredibly we found a non metered parking space which were as rare as hen’s teeth. The beach was fairly busy, but seemed nice & one which we could definitely come back to.
That ended the itinerary and we rolled into Spinnaker Campsite around 3.00pm. We found a satisfactory pitch all of which were under a canopy of pine trees and set up camp. 90 minutes later, we were all set up and we went in search of a cold beer at the campsite bar. It wasn’t particularly relaxing, because there had been some sort of celebration and a throng of Italian families, who still in the restaurant area being rather vocal.
We returned to the restaurant now starving at 7.30pm and ordered 2 pizzas and a beer. I ordered a pizza with Gorgonzola, apple and crushed walnuts, whilst Jackie had the Sardinian pizza with sausage, tomato, chilli and local cheese. We still couldn’t eat them both.
After a nightcap we retired to bed absolutely exhausted.
Song of the Day - Ain’t No Sunshine by Bill Withers.Baca lagi
Pengembara Wie geht's euch mit dem Strom? Genug Sonne?
Pengembara Mit dem Strom läuft alles wunderbar, die Batterie ladet sich ja auch während da Fahrt 👌🏼 Chris hat einen leicht rötlichen Teint- also Sonne gibt es auch genug ☺️
Pengembara Für die batterie is des sehr gut, für Chris seinen Teint net so 🙈🙈 aber mit Wind is des auch immer gemein und geht so schnell