Posts made in March, 2023

Avoiding the madness…

Posted by on 9, Mar 2023 in 2023 - Sicily and Italy, Europe, Italy, Tilly the Tandem | 0 comments

Avoiding the madness…

Marzamemi Original Roman mosaic insitu Noto Town Hall Noto theatre Ancient caves where stone for Amphitheatres mined, Syracuse Syracuse Greek Amphitheatre Syracuse Cathedral Aperitivo… ???? From Pozzallo we headed to the south east corner of Sicily and had some of the nicest cycling we’ve had, lots of quiet roads interspersed with the usual poop you pants moments, but all in all very nice. Our northward leg from here took in the Roman Villa Tellari with some wonderful mosaic floors where we had our picnic lunch – cheddar cheese (from Malta) rolls! One of these mosaics was...

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Fruit, switches and the BBC

Posted by on 5, Mar 2023 in 2023 - Sicily and Italy, Italy, Tilly the Tandem, Western Europe | 0 comments

Fruit, switches and the BBC

Farewell Malta.. Plenty of full greenhouses bursting at the seams… Lemons line the back roads everywhere… Countries often become associated with objects, so a beret or baguette and you think French, bowler hat – British, Bicycle and cheese – Dutch, enormous gun toting, pickup truck driving religious evangelical nutter and you think American… Well, I’m now going to associate Sicilians with light switches….. They just love them! In fact they love them so much that you can often turn the hall light off whilst sitting on the loo! In our apartment last...

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Maltesers

Posted by on 1, Mar 2023 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

Maltesers

Oh it’s hilly in Malta!!! We left the port of Valetta in darkness and of course on the right side of the road which is the left … Choosing to stick to the back roads rather than the main ones to get to our apartment for the week. Hilly doesn’t cut the mustard! I’d not like to take a car up some of the roads and we both had to push Tilly up quite a few too. No way could I move her on my own! But, Tilly settled into her underground parking for a long rest and to nurse her now very slipping rear sprocket whilst we hauled our bags up 3 flights of stairs as the lift was...

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