The Hotel Brigantino in Procchio was perfect for a rest day and we indulged in time by and in the pool and drank several cold beers. Drying out the contents of a submerged wallet was the most difficult challenge.
Our accommodation and events manager, Mac, had managed to conjure up a hire car when none seemed available and we took the coast road anti-clockwise round the western half of the island.
Coffee in Marciana Marina . . .
. . . and lunch in a pizzeria overlooking St Andrea.
We indulged in a slow ascent, in crude bucket cages, up the island’s highest mountain . . .
. . . and Mac checked out whether the CTSW would be able to take off from the helipad at the top . . .
The day ended with a short drive to Portoferraio for an evening meal . . .
Next leg: Calvi across the sea to St Tropez, Carpentras and Macon
Peaks, Valleys, Water and Weather 