Camping. An activity for some and a cheap form of accommodation to others. During my life I’ve had more than my fair share of nights ‘under canvas’.  In fact, if I was to add them up, I’d say that I’ve easily spent a year or two living out of a tent. By definition, this amount… Read more

After a few days of climbing, we left the mountainous interior and made our way back to the coast. After scanning the map, we made our way to an unpopulated area of coast hoping to find somewhere to camp and somewhere to swim. Ideally within about 100m of each other! The drive turned out to… Read more

The two things I knew about the Restonica Gorge in Corsica turned out both to be true. Firstly, there is some excellent granite rock climbing there and secondly, August is way too hot to climb during the day. However, for those with the inclination and motivation, there are ways and means for the travelling climbers… Read more

This is the view from our tent this evening. Were in the sea for a lap of the bay before breakfast this morning! Read more

Were welcomed into Corsica by Des & Suzi following a pleasant six hour ferry stint. After an entertaining night in Bastia, we dropped them at the airport and headed straight to the beach! Temperatures just shy of thirty degrees and the water warm and turquoise. We dived straight in! Saw some amazing shoals of fish… Read more

Woke to the sound of heavy rain. As we drove away, through glimpses in the clouds, we could see fresh snow on the mountains! Time to move on indeed! Having driven south through continuous torrential rain, we passed through Italy and we are now a mere six hour ferry crossing from Corsica!  Read more