To Lecce Italy

Travelled:418km from Pompeii
Stay: Agriturismo Arangea, Lequile (camper contact) GPS N40.313019 E18.120661

It turned out to be an unexpected long day driving..our first destination was at the end of S407. Quite an easy drive costing only €2 just out of Pompeii. We got a glimpse of part of the Amalfi coast to Salerno, a big port town. 

Pretty tiles on the lookout stops.

We then travelled in land and got away from the smog and enjoyed some pretty, pristine countryside. There were not many rest stops,  but we did eventually stop. After lunch we continued to the end of S407 and went to have a look at some campgrounds in Metaponte. We weren't to keen to stop in the red hot sun, even if we had a beach front pitch, so we continued for another 2 hours on the S7Ter to Lecce. 

We first travelled through lovely mountains and valleys.

Then we decended to the river. 

We saw mant hill toptowns...no one wants to live down in the valley!

There were mant buildings that were abandoned or never finished being built.

As we approached the East Coast more gumtrees could be seen. Aling with the olive groves and vinyards.

There was also alot of wheat crops but not much wildlife to ve seen.

Some paets if the road was very pretty flabked with flowering Olianders

The huge port town of Taranto. This town is also known for its Tarantella Dance! To cure ypurzelf from the bite of the spider,  you needed to dance to sweat out the poison!

markbuying some cheeries

We see fields of solar panels...

Camper Contact had a spot to park right in town, but when we got there, it was closed having become a building site! Such a pity as it was right next to the centre of town. So we did some  quick research and decided on a Camper Stop spot, only to find that one also closed! At the end of a long day thats all we needed....so we decided to hedge our bets and go with a Camper Contact spot that had a rating of 8.5 and its own website...how could we go wrong?...our dear Camy took us down the most narrow lane flanked by boundry stone walls and over grown bushes!OMG ....she was nearly thrown out ..but sensibility prevailed as I know in the end she is invaluable... anyway as we had to do a 3 point turn to get into the driveway, we did wonder if this was the right place as it didn't quite meet expectations. I eventually was able to find a cook in the kitchen that managed to understand that we wanted to stay in the camper and I sort of understood that someone would be around tomorrow morning so I could pay... we found some shade and enjoyed a much deserved refreshing breverage and cooked some dinner. Then we hoped that the 'party' at the restaurant would be over by 11pm....time will tell.