To Go or Not to Go, That Is the Question

The upcoming stretch of coast is an exposed stretch of cliffs with about two landing places, until Porto Ferro. It appears to be 25 kilometers to the next beach, Argentiera, pointed out to me by Giacomo Della Gatta when we were looking at the topo maps prior to departure. Argentiera was named after the silver mines which are now closed.

I had checked my email lying in my sleeping bag to see the weather report from Karel, which saw force 5 headwinds in the a.m. and then tailwinds at noon and more headwinds in the p.m. with 1.7 meter waves. It was a threatening sky with towering cumulo nimbus clouds on the horizon and yet a light north east wind was breezing. To go or not to go, that is the question. We decided to play it safe and not take any chances on a very exposed coast with limited possibilities for getting off the water. Besides, this beach is stunningly beautiful where we are camped and if Blogger would just upload our images, you could see for yourself.

So we enjoyed caffé macchiato made by René on the beach accompaniedd by sweet pastries given to us by Constantino Lifrieri last night, watching the scenery, the watch tower with a murder of rows in flight around it.