Saturday 26th

Campsite has become a bit liveliar with the sounds of Italian children and their parents arriving for the weekend. Still ok ,behaviours seem within acceptable limits. After two nights we still couldnt come to any firm conclusions about this site and its location so we jumped on the bikes and with the morning sun beating down on us we headed to the beaches of Ceriale. Everything looked more positive in the warm sunshine as we sat with our morning cappuccino just people watching. There was a beach volleyball contest on the beach and as most of the private beach clubs were closing and packing up there was a greater sense of space. Feeling more positive about the place we put together a plan...Saturday and Sunday mornings on beach and swimming, Monday train to Alassio, Tuesday to Spotorno. Plan decided so I went for a nice swim.

Thursday 24th September

We left Diano Marina and took a short 18 mile drive to Ceriale and Camping Baciccia. A decent Acsi site with good facilities and a nice pool. Acsi pitches ok but we took up the offer of paying an additional 7 euros for a bigger more private pitch. 2on arrival we jumped on our bikes and had a coffee along the seafront in Ceriale and then biked it down to Albenga where we discovered an attractive older part of the town.

Tuesday 22nd September.

Had a lovely swim yesterday. Sea about 2 minute walk from site. What made it so pleasant was the water temperature which is close to 27c ,about 4c above the norm for this year. Barbara still thinking about it. Today we cycled west towards Imperia the cycle path supposedly ended here but we just carried on, getting close to San Lorenzo. Turned around back to Imperia which we didn't find that inspiring. Some big yachts parked in the Marina opposite expensive restaurants. Eventually headed back to site after clocking 16 miles.

Monday 21st September

San Bartolomeo Al Mare Crossed over into Italy yesterday ,sunday Gave up on the uncertainty of campsites in Diano Marina and just booked us into Camping Rosa in San Bartolomeo Booked a 4 day stay and then Got a 6 day pitch booked in Albenga. Camping Rosa is where we stayed last year, it's a 35 minute walk into Diana but that might be quicker following the completion of the excellent new cycle trail built on the old railway lines. San Bartolomeo is nice but it would be too far to walk up to the new station where we had planned to take trains to resorts such as Alassio. This morning got the bikes out to try the cycle path that took us east to Andora, passing the beautiful Cervo.

Saturday 19th September

Now into our second day here in Roquebrune sur argens. It's so peaceful here and feels so distant from stresses of the last few days of trekking up hills. We left the site at 8.45 this morning and walked the 30 minutes flat walk into town. A really charming town with medieval streets and a 10th century church. Had a relaxing coffee or two in the square. On the way back we found a delightful secondhand shop, where we browsed but agreed not to buy anything.Also noticed the large number of art galleries. A charming town. well worth visiting. Unfortunately When eating her butty one of barbs front teeth boke off she now looks a bit gummy in the front but has declared that she'll just have to keep her mouth shut. Every cloud has a silver lining as they say.

Friday 18th September.

Decided to move on. Cavalaire is definitely a place i would return to but would pre book one of the town sites next time. Great site Cros de Mouton but too far out of town and too hilly. Another positive was our two nights spent at the lovely site terraced restaurant. But today i was tempted to go for one of the many top commercial sites in the Frejus and St Raphael area, but felt Jonesy deserved a nice flat site with nice walks and a river to cool off in. Flower camping Moulin des icles , just outside Rocquebrune sur Argens ticked all the boxes. A true place to relax in. Plenty of shade with a lovely river full of large trout next to the pitches. 25 minute flat walk into town or 9 minutes on bike. Pool not massive but big enough to cool off in.

Link for Cavalaire beach video.

https://youtube.com/shorts/pD49r3BJJWQ?is=K3MakT3Ngq0wvlSp