Another slightly grey morning but the swallows are swooping and chirping long before we are up.
We leave Palmi, a perfect 'last and first' stop between the mainland and Sicily, and join the A3 north with the haze making the journey far less spectacular than our south bound trip four weeks ago.
It's an uneventful 114 miles, with a short lunch stop, until we leave the A3 and turn towards Taranto. The 38 miles to our camperstop is a bit delayed with roadworks and detours but nothing of any bother.
As we are about to turn onto the final road there is a low bridge with faded width signs but when Ali walks down to read more clearly it's 3.2 high and 2.7 wide so no problem. The little hill leads to a gravel track beside a long pebble beach. The shore is dotted with small sand pines and the sea is pale blue with milky green breakers crashing onto the shore. After a few nights of paying, a freebie will be good, although we have averaged less than €8 per night for our time on Sicily.