April 21st Propriano to Sardinia

Up at 5.30am so able to see beautiful sunrise. Got onto ferry safely. 4hr journey and then we arrived at Porto Villers in Sardinia. Goodness our hearts sank. We had left the stunning beauty of La Corse and that is the last thing the Port could be described as. However not a bad cycle to the town itself and we quickly remembered the beauty of Italy is the Italians themselves as, trying to make up for a closed tourist information, about 4 council workers tried to ensure we knew where to buy a map and where we could find a campsite. We decided to head south to Alghero. The way out of town was not the most inspiring, a bit if a fly tippers paradise and with two dead cats on the road. This combined with cloudy, windy weather made for a less than inspiring cycle. However very flat so made good time, the 40 km we covered, and on the way the BEST coffee we have had anywhere for just 2 euro in a rough and ready local cafe, there's always a silver lining. Got to Fertilia near Alghero and found a bizarre campsite with a great space for chilling and free Wi-Fi, to collect our thoughts. Well needed early night.

April 22nd Fertilia to Alghero and back to Fertilia (different campsite)

After setting off with intention to cycle to Bosa, we explored Alghero and decided to base ourselves there for another night. Unfortunately their campsite was closed, though should have opened on 1st of April, so we headed back to La lagoon campsite in Fertilia, Dave then went and did a couple of paintings and we then pottered round Alghero. Back for an early night as pretty shattered. The Giro (scrabble) commenced, and although team French continued their run of wins, team KP felt as it was down to 5 points only form would definitely return 😃

April 23rd Alghero to Bosa

Up nice and rested. Headed off the Bosa. After thinking that we are on super flat side of Sardinia, we soon realised that it's all relative. Despite a pretty dodgy forecast we just got about 30 minutes of rain. Undulating cycle along the coast of 45 km. Luckily about 30km in we found a lovely pizzaria where we could get a coffee and Dave was able to mend the first puncture of the trip. Then to Bosa which is really pretty. With a big castle and lovely old city centre, a tourist paradise but without any tourist information. Very odd. Luckily cafe with WiFi allowed us to do some surfing. We have already ascertained that camping a bit more problematic, especially on this West coast. So we looked for alternatives. Luckily found a b and b on booking.com. 6km from Bosa it said, didn't mention it was all uphill, thank goodness in the direction we want to go tomorrow. A gorgeous place with the best shower! Heaven!!!!