As soon as it's light cars are coming into the carpark disgorging luminously clad runners, walkers and cyclists. We are up and ready early ourselves to make the 20 mile journey to Villa Romana del Casale just outside Piazza Armerina. There are glimpses of the lake and then we are on a pleasant rural ride until the outskirts of Piazza Armerina, which is a busy town even on a bank holiday, but we keep moving well until the suggested route is compromised by height...

Blue sky and sunshine when we wake. There's a bit of confusion trying to leave Caltanissetta due to some strange multi-bit roundabouts but soon we are on the way to Enna. The ride is really interesting with green rolling hill, rocky peaks and a few man made hills of spoil from the mines here, but evn these are green with vegitation. We stop in a layby to take photos and have the treat of watching bee-eaters. Their copper wings shine as they swoop and when the...

There was no thunder or rain, but it's still muggy this morning. Our next planned visit is Enna, but rather than get there on Saturday afternoon we decide to go part way and go early on Sunday. Plus, we've paid for our last three nights and are due a free one. Leaving Dune we skirt around Agrigento past the temples and start climbing inland, where there are fruit plantations and rolling moorland. Around halfway there is a long section of roadworks with tempo...

We both feel well for the little break and, unusually for us, could happily stay at this site for a few days more. But it's 23C and we're only halfway round our trip so it's time to move on. Our journey takes us over fairly unkempt fields and rocky hills to the outskirts of Agrigento where we have a lengthy detour around roadworks, before we arrive at the parking beside the valley of the temples. The valle dei templi is Sicily's most extensive and significant ...

Today marks four weeks since we left home and we've only had two rest days. The sky is grey this morning although still warm, and the site is so pleasant and peaceful we decide to stay here and take a day off from travelling, planning and everything else. Both sets of bedding get washed and aired in the Saharawind, and everything that needs charging gets done. We have time to look back over our photos, read and relax. Dinner is pasta and beef and we watch som...