You will all be relieved to hear that I survived a journey by train. It was touch and go and rather alarming. In case you don’t know about trains, they are huge, hissing, rattling things, our one didn’t bite us…

March 21st….We took the train 15 miles or so down the coast from Levanto….(in company it seemed with half the Italian navy….haven’t they got any boats?, or were they watching us?), Colin not impressed with the train. We disembarked at…

The day we arrived in Levanto, we cycled up the coast to Framura, along a cycle path which runs along a disused railway line. It is unusual for being largely within a tunnel, with short sections giving a view of…

This is Levanto, about 8 miles down the coast from Deiva Marina. Camping Aqua Dolce. There was a pizzeria close to our pitch, so the cook pretty much went on strike for the duration. Staff! Local Flora The local church…13th…