Tuesday 9th Nov......down to the most southerly point of the "heel"

We had very heavy rain and thunder again yesterday evening, just like being in Florida in August !! A quick trip out to the fishmongers, baker and veg shop and then off down to the very tip of the "heel" of Italy.

It's warm but windy at Cape Sant' Maria di Leuca. Not as windy as when we vsited Cape St Vincent in Portugal (it was difficult to stand up then) but very exhilarating just the same.

I am making no excuses for the amount of pics of the sea/waves, the ones in today's blog are just a small sample of the the ones I took !!  

It was fantastic to stand and watch. 

The sea/waves were so clear and turquoise with pure white froth.

The bay at Cape Sant' Maria di Leuca.

Sant' Maria di Leuca was more "up market" than most along the coast, this pic and the ones following (except of course the church) are not as we at first thought hotels but private mansions.

We had a great walk along the prom and climbed down on to some of the rocks for better photograhic shots. My boy having kittens when I got too close to the edge !!  Then our Derby and Joan packed lunch while watching the sea before heading back up the west coast.

A beach farther up the coast.
After Sant' Maria di Leuca sadly the coastal villages/towns are very tatty to put it mildly. They are made up of holiday camps/villages that appear to have been built in the 1960's and not updated since !! We understand it's off season and these places never look quite the same but they do look extremely desperate........ we have noticed that the south of Italy seems to be in very poor condition and we have to say bordering on 3rd world.

We had to wash the salt from the car when we got back !! A good day, we'll sleep well after all of the fresh sea air !!