4/5 September - Bari

The next chapter; our autumn sojourn.

We made our way to a very busy Stansted airport, and managed to negotiate security. We were carrying our Epirb (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon) which had caused some questions on our journey to England in June. Now with a new battery, which should last for another 5 years, there was no issue at all, just a curious question of "what is that" from one of the guys supervising the x-ray machine. 

We arrived in Bari mid afternoon to a gale blowing and rough seas, but with that fabulous blue sky of this part of the world. Our apartment for the next two nights was very spacious and in a residential suburb of Bari. It was a 40 minute walk to the boatyard, along the seafront, with a very nice promenade for part of the way. We watched the kite surfers making the most of the wind, on the flat water inside the breakwaters. We were able to go to our favourite little restaurant, after calling into the boatyard. Equinox is looking good. The guys seem to have made a very nice job of the keel repair.



Appetisers...


By early afternoon on Tuesday, the boat was in the water and will stay in the lifting dock until Wednesday. It’s too windy to move it to a berth on the pontoon. We have the luxury of another night staying in the apartment. Having walked over 10,000 steps this morning to and from the yard, it was time to use the bus. There are many, so it’s a good option to get around the suburbs of Bari. People here are very helpful and friendly. We must buy some bus tickets from a Tabac shop. In theory, you can pay on the bus, but the drivers never have any change or sometimes tickets, so on a few journeys, we haven’t had to pay, they just wave you on. Our second day rounded off with a tasty dinner in a local restaurant, full of locals, with the chaos and noise of lots of family groups with young children.

Miles today             0

Miles in 2023      747

Tricia and Steve 

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