We nonetheless headed out for Scala di Turchi in the morning. This is a spot made up of white stepped cliffs. apparently its appearance on an Inspector Montalbano episode has made it more popular with Brits.
It was certainly a striking place. A little bit scary getting near the edges. Some did not have too many problems but we are older and clumsier and kept a little back. I almost told someone off who was scratching their name on the chalky surface, but hey I'm not Sicilian and they may be.
At one point I wanted to take a particular shot but was delayed by one particular couple where were taking selfies and endless shots of her posing with her butt stuck out at what may be considered a provocative angle. It was provocative because they would not move out of my frame. So I change the postprocessing....
Anyway, we had a longish walk along the beach, between one cocktail bar/ristorante and the next. The area along here is littered with the joints, Apparently it is not a real beach if there is not a bar to rent you a spot on a lounge chair. At least these people were employing folk to rake and clean the beaches. Rubbish rate down.
Eventually we got tired and the beach was approaching an industrial area........this become the pattern further east on this coast........so we headed back and up the cliff and had some refreshments. The place we chose was above the cliff; ground floor a take away cafe, first floor a family home, second floor a terrazza with a view....so up we went through the private balcony where Mrs was hanging out the washing to the terrazza with a view. Weird.
We decided to visit the Torre Salsa nature reserve. The west road just ended. Like the road stopped in a ditch. The east road kept going but the road eventually descended into a bog near the lagoon....so we abandoned that approach and instead just had an afternoon of chilling at the villa looking at the view.
We will head down to our local beach later for dinner and a beach sunset.
By the way, Happy Grand Final Eve Day. Do they have cards I can send yet? When will presents be required. Although by the time you read this it will be Grand Final Day.
Also, it is interesting to note that and angry man will always trump a reasonable woman.
As you can see, I have been looking at the Internet during our shill time. The world is still strange!
Inland tomorrow. Which may be just as well the weather has cooled a couple of degrees.
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