Calvi, Last day of MayIt's quite a weird sensation, seeing snow. The last couple of days - feeling hot, the sky blue, people on the beach and swimming in the water. Mountains rising inland and on top, very clearly, there is snow. I didn't believe it at first, but the peaks are between 2,500 and 2,700m high, so as high as we were skiing in March.But to backtrack, the Scandola nature reserve is very red, very craggy - the only breeding ground for a bald-headed buzz...

Wild Coast - Girolata Saturday, 28th MayWell we have not quite made it yet to the National Park. We stopped and anchored overnight just under the Pointe de Parata, in the Golfe di Ajaccio. A bit of a rolly night, so broken sleep, but a fabulous setting and we walked up the steep slope of the point to the watchtower. These towers are on every headland and they are a real feature of Corsica. There are 90 of them in all, all built in 1530 to keep an eye out for a...