This morning dawns cool and grey with odd showers. Ali reaches through the cab curtains and sets off the alarm. The shrill beeping in the quiet Trapanese countryside frightens the donkey who brays loudly for the next three minutes. We are due a standstill day, and with iffy weather, full services at €10 and a view that is so beautiful we decide here is as good as anywhere. The free wifi is reasonable, allowing us to upload some photos and research some futu...

Last night we spent over an hour online seeking bus routes or taxi charges to go in to Palermo centre. With nothing to be found we decide to not trouble Palermo with our tourist coin so this morning we check out. The 3.5 miles to the motorway takes half an hour of more elbows out driving and the we are on our way north east through some lovely scenery, with sea one side and mountains the other. We pass the stone obelisk memorial to Chief of Police Carlo Albert...