Day48

Day 48 Monday 17th May.

Ferries are always dead exciting for the first hour and then they get very boring. Luckily the crossing was an hour exactly so we only had the exciting partStormy and cloudy Sicily at fist seems like everywhere else in Italy.
Only about an hour to our fist campsite on the north coast in Marinello. Next to the sea and on the edge of a large coastal nature reserve. Feels very much like low season here.
Our German neighbours had just arrived from Calabria with a harrowing tale. In the middle of town a scooter faked an accident in front of their BMW. Anther blocked the driver’s door while two more calmly opened the back doors and removed all the valuables from the back seat. They made off with quite a haul including handbag (with wallets and passports), camera, mobile phone and ipod. We are lucky to have our back seat guarded by such a vicious snarling attack hound as Molly. From now on were driving everywhere with the doors locked. The coastal reserve is very beautiful with several natural swimming pools and amazing wild flowers. Molly is very interested in the local wildlife.
Most of her research is along the lies of how fast it can run and how close can she get without having to catch it.