We have had a hectic time of it since our last blog update. Despite not intending to visit we had a good time in Mallorca, meeting up with Mike, who is crewing on a superyacht out there. Then we left on a lovely sunny day heading for Sardinia. It was a most relaxing sail, mainly force 3 abaft the beam, with Betsy on the helm for the 2.5 days. As is our custom we arrived in the dark, but it turned out we had found a great anchorage off Buggerru Harbour. It didn't sound to welcoming, but we were so wrong. We met some lovely people there and we couldn't have been made more welcome..(We even got an invite to the chief of polices' retirement party, amoungst others). There were some caves along the coast line for us to explore in the rib, which was great fun. I still kept looking for that treasure chest !!!! We left sadly on the Saturday, and went to Carla Forte, on a small island off the coast of Sardinia. On arrival in the Marina, John spotted two other Shearwater boats, which he was very excited about as he had not seen any other's ever before. No one on board them alas but photo's were taken. It was a very quiet place, but there was a good supermarket very close to the mooring, which made a change from the usual long treks we had to do. On the monday we set sail for Cagliari, but due to a change in the weather we dropped anchor outside Porto Teulada that had good shelter from the wind. We waited for two nights but didn't leave the boat, and caught up with some boat maintenance. For a change we made an early start on the wednesday so we could anchor for lunch at Capo di Pula and visit the remains of a roman city there. We had to motorsail the whole way (good for charging the battries) and dropped the hook, lowered the rib and were ashore by 1130hrs. Unfortunatly there was a bar/resturant between the beach and the ancient city, needless to say....... Made it to Cagliari by 5pm, and when booking in John met a nice couple, Bo and David, who were on a Catermeran behind us in the marina. We were invited on board for drinks in the evening and had a great night exchanging stories of our travels. We didn't stay too long as I had to pack, as I was flying back to the UK, for the weekend, with a list of things to do. John intended to explore the town while I was away, but he found to get anywhere was a long walk from the boat and very spread out. There was also a Storm crossing Sardinia so he hibernated on the boat,watching DVDs instead until I got back. After a lovely time in the UK, seeing Steve and Andie, and getting thing's on the list done, thanks to Steve driving me around. When I returned on the tuesday we had little food, and NO DRINK on board, so that had to be remeded sharpish!!!!!!!! Happy again the boat had provisions we walked around the town, but it wasn't too exciting and it was a long cold walk.I actually had to wear my coat and scarf. On Saturday we went to a BBQ in the marina bar, and met a lot of the live aboards wintering in the marina. A great bunch, and a great night had by all... Hang overs too...... We left on the Sunday afternoon, with some of our new friends there to wave us off, heading for Sicily. A vairied crossing taking 48hrs (good film) and we are now in a marina at Termini Imerese, just East of Palermo. Picture....In a Cave off Buggerru