Up Pompeii

Acting on good advice we headed South to Sorrento. From here we are within 20 miles of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Vesuvius and Amalfi. There is a national road that follows the coast but we decided on the toll motorway to get the job done. Sorrento was about 175 miles from our campsite and the tolls amounted to €16. The coast road was probably very scenic but the thought of going up and down round and round with the trailer on the back wasn’t very inspiring and would have put a strain on the van.

All went well until we left the motorway and drove the last few miles passing through small towns and Sorrento city. The towns cling to the coast with roads barely big enough for cars that have to accommodate coaches and us! All was well on the driver’s side but things were getting a bit heated in the vicinity of the passenger’s seat and the ACAS (Audible Collision Avoidance System) kicked in. Realising tension was mounting ACAS was requested to be quiet or go to the back of the van and go to sleep. Things progressed nicely from then and we arrived safely at the campsite. We’re now camped in an olive grove an the side of a hill with views over Sorrento and the Bay of Naples. We’ve also been told that there’s a boat trip from the beach below our campsite that does an evening tour of the Isle of Capri. As I’m writing this I’m sitting under an olive tree watching the passing boats. Dorothy has just poured the wine and is cooking (al fresco) what appears to be some kind of mushrooms and pork slices. We could be here a while!!

Unfortunately there’s no WIFI Internet here so no pictures for a while, unless we make a trip to McDonalds with the compute as they no have free WIFI.