This is the name of a tour I am currently on, on Day 2, 8th April 2026. But for once, and only once, this time anyway, I am posting while still away. I shall recount here Day 1, and this is possible because all the (three only!) photos relevant to it are on my phone. Hereafter they are on my camera and will only be discovered when I am home, on 15th.

In fact Day 0 was the most difficult, when I had to round up and take the three cats to their prison, sorry cattery. Guilt, and missing them for the next 22 hours until I left home pn Day 1, Tuesday 7thApril.

Day 1 will be heavily text, for which apologies in advance.

A morning, after a characteristally disturbed night, given that: I was worrying about travel the next day; I was ahring my bed with suitcase, backpack and small bag instead of cats; and I had no said felines to reach out to for relaxing reassurance.

But the journey went very smoothly, and timing, including charging the car at Fleet Services on the M3, was optimal, such that I arrived at Gatwick Airport three and a half hours becore takoff, and the prospect of having to wait 90 minutes even before bagdrop. But a,word with an Easyjet official led to my being invited to try a vacant speedy boarding drop-off terminal to see if it would work. It did, and all I had then to worry about was my baggage getting misdirected because in the system so early. (Spoiler alert: it wasn’t.)

The flight took off and landed 15 minutes early.

But Olbia Airport’s machines were for handling the new passport checking system had so many glitches that we lost all that and double it getting through. (They never did manage to capture my fingerprints!)

But no matter, we still had to wait another 10 minutes because of the coach driver’s tachograph.

Followed a two-hour drive south- west across the island to Cabras. We arrived at our hotel, the Villa Canu, at 10.25 pm, very happy to reach our rooms and settle in. I took so long that my light was not out until 1.00, though at least it only felt like midnight.

But here we have arrived at Day 2, recounting which will have to wait until at least another fortnight…

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Apologies for glitches. I’ve not done a post on my phone before and I can’t see how to correct them.