Adventures With Harvey

  Trulli Unique “How can the headline be spelled wrong?” I hear my learned audience cry! Because it’s actually spelled correctly – yes, Trulli are a particular type of house which is unique to the Puglia region of Southern Italy.  They’re funny looking little dwellings with conical stone roofs making you think they may be inhabited by a gnome or an elf.  For those of you who don’t know, Puglia is the region of Italy that is the ‘heel of the boot’ and in many places you’ll see these little Trulli houses as you drive about the countryside.  The most famous town for Trulli is Alberobello where there are several hundred of them, well justifying the town’s UNESCO World Heritage Status. This edition will be a little different as we attempt to provide some insights into life on the road with the Travelling Woodies.  Since our last blog we have visited some very special places however for many of them, the photos tell the story.  I’ll be sure to provide locations in each caption so you c

Fascinating but Filthy!!! Leaving Maratea and heading down the coast, we Travelling Woodies had one destination in mind:  Sicilia!  It was somewhere neither of us had been and was like a magnet drawing us in, however, on the way we needed to take a deep breath.  It had been a hectic couple of weeks before and after the farm, lots of people around and we had been making the most of each day.  A couple of beautiful sunny days were forecast, followed by some cloud and rain so we decided to take a breather and make the most of the sunshine while we had it.  The Woodies found a deserted carpark just south of the little town of San Lucido, backing onto the beach, and there your faithful correspondent and his lovely travelling companion did repose and breathe out.  She in particular spent time sitting on her beach towel, reading a book and working on her sun tan, and he enjoyed some puzzles and general battery recharge time (and also writing/posting the last blog). The beach was about a 2