We take our time getting up and have a lazy morning before heading into town around 11:00 We pass a few other campsites and sostas, but very few campers actually here yet, then we turn down the road to the harbour and beach. They seem to be more ready for summer here, the hotels have rows of plastic loungers and coloured umbrellas arranged on the golden sand but no residents. All of the verandahs have boxes of geraniums and cactii and everywhere is clean and t...

The wind has gone this morning and the temperature rises quickly. We are ready to go quite early but the ride through town is a series of stop-starts because at every zebra crossing one lane is coned off while half the stripes are being painted. On the outskirts of Manfredonia we find a shopping park and stop at the supermarket. It is enormous and takes Ali ages to find things but we're moving again just after 11:00 Today we are driving around the Gargano pro...