We had a relaxed start as we weren't intending to drive far today. The views of the mountains were even better than yesterday and we decided to stop at Ferruzzano Marina to take a walk along the promenade. It turned out that this would have been an ideal free camping stop as there were two motorhomes already in position and, surprisingly, three caravans that had obviously not moved for some time. We wandered up and down the prom enjoying the hot sunshine and noting that the long beach of white sand was a protected turtle breeding ground. We set off again but soon stopped near Bianco when we saw remains and a sign to a Roman Villa. The site had obviously been given a makeover recently with a new visitors' centre and covers over much of the site. Judging by the photographs outside the site, there were some very good mosaics but we weren't going to see them because the site was only open for a few days of the week during August.
The rain that had been lurking over the White Mountains, making them appear as the Very Grey Verging On Black Mountains, now caught up with us and there was a mixture of showers and sunshine for the rest of the day.
We had established that there was a camperstop / campsite at Marina di Davoli that was open all year and, encouragingly, we past a number of direction signs for it. However, despite the fact that all of the signs declared “Open all year”, it wasn't. We drove in the open gates and then had to back out again after we were told that it was closed because they didn't have any water. It looked as though it was generally open but they were doing some repairs at the moment. We had a plan B and drove a few miles further on to Roccelletta (also known as Roccella) where Camping Camello Grigio was open even if we turned out to be the only people staying. We sat in the van drinking tea looking over the beach to the sea and a double rainbow that had appeared after the latest shower.
Photos: The turtle beach at Ferruzzano Marina.
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