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Euro Road Trip, August 2015

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Poland (Auschwitz), November 2017

Maldives, March 2018

World Trip 2018

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Rome, January 2019

Sardinia, May 2019

Liguria - Italy, June 2019

Germany Road Trip, September 2019

Liguria House Hunting, February 2020

Lockdown, 2020

Liguria House Hunting, October 2021

Italian Villa Project, October 2021

Maldives & Dubai, March 2022

Italy Road trip, July 2022

Madeira & Azores, May 2023

 

  • Butterfly, Cala Gonone
  • 1 of 3 beaches at Cala Gonone on Sardinia's central eastern coast
  • Very yummy (and surprisingly lightweight) pizza
  • Cala Gonone, looking southwards
  • Gulf of Orosei coastline, looking northwards on the path to Cala Luna
  • Local landscape
  • Lava coast
  • Grotta di Ispinigoli. Note the metal walkways for scale. One of the biggest single caverns in Sardinia.
  • Marvellous columns formed when stalactites and stalagmites meet
  • Grotta di Ispinigoli: tallest column in Europe at 38m
  • Looking inland across vineyards
  • Cala Cartoe beach, a short distance north up the coast from Cala Gonone
  • Cala Cartoe
  • The older (1 of 2) steep roads out of Cala Gonone, directly across the mountains
  • Mountain goats
  • Mountain pass on the old road
  • Wines, oils, cheeses: fabulous local fare :o)
  • A trek to the one of deepest canyons in Europe - Gola di Gorropu
  • Canyon hike
  • Looking up from inside Gorropu Canyon
  • Rock sprouts tree
  • Gorropu Canyon
  • A well balanced cairn at the Canyon
  • Rock scramble over huge boulders on the floor of the Canyon
  • Travelling Cow in the Canyon
  • Big rock. Small Sarah. Steep gorge.
  • Gorropu Canyon exit. Not wheelchair friendly!
  • Gorropu Canyon exit to the river which formed it long ago
  • Canyon hike homeward bound
  • Nearby town Dorgali, on the other side of the mountains from Cala Gonone
  • Cala Gonone from the top of the 2nd road out
  • Inland scenery to the southwest of Dorgali
  • The sublime SP125 road, very popular with motorbikers!
  • Gorropu Canyon viewed from the road (SP125)
  • Snake!
  • The SP125 by drone, looking south
  • Santa Maria Navarrese at the southern edge of the Orosei bay
  • Arbatax (at the end of the peninsula on the right) and the mountain village of Baunei
  • Santa Maria Navarrese
  • Coastal path to Cala Luna