• Chia

    From Sant’Antioco around Capo Teulado to Chia, 53km.

  • Sant’Antioco day two

    Rest day in Sant’Antioco

  • Sant’Antioco

    From Buggerru to Sant’Antioco

  • Buggerru

    From Marina di Arbus to Buggerru today, rounding Capo Pecora, 25km

  • Marina di Arbus, day two

    No paddling due to large surf – base in Marina di Arbus

  • Marina di Arbus

    From San Giovanni di Sinis across the mouth of the Golfo di Oristano to Capo Frasca.

  • San Giovanni di Sinis

    From Is Arenas beach around Capo Mannu first to Putzu Idu, and then on to San Giovanni di Sinis at the entrance to the Gulf of Oristano.

  • Is Arenas

    Porto Alabe, just south of Bosa, to the beach Is Arenas, between S. Caterina Pittinuri and Capo Mannu, 23km

  • Bosa

    Today has been a calm and hot day and I have made good progress for a second day. I’ve paddled from Cala della Speranze to Porto Alabe (5km S of Bosa) with a short detour up the river to Bosa, about 39km in all. I launched early (for my standards at least) at 8.30 to…

  • Finally

    (Entry written yesterday evening but not posted due to lack of mobile connectivity) Today I finally got started. I’ve made it a short day, for various reasons, so I’ve just paddled 15.5km from Fertilia to Cala della Speranza. Tomorrow I will try to get to Bosa Marina. This morning couldn’t have been more different from…

  • Deluge

    The forecast said thunderstorms in the night and morning, and thunderstorms we got. The first came at 4 in the morning, and gave me a good idea about why some people find thunder scary. It was just overhead, lightning almost continually while a constant thunder rolled back and forth over the sky. After the thunder…

  • Sometimes you have to go back to go forth

    I’m back in Fertilia today, almost ready to continue the journey around Sardinia. Francesco drove me and my gear from Cardedu to Fertilia this afternoon, and I am now well installed in a camping a few hundred metres from where I stopped last year. The local weather forecast promises a thunderstorm tonight or in the…