As arranged the night before we have a chat with the two Kiwis, Martin and Lisa, after breakfast and try to give them some travel tips on the area. Next 90 minutes spent catching up on blogs but we leave La Chiusa at noon after a great stay at this high quality establishment. Say goodbye to Francesco, the owner, who often reminds us of Manuel from Fawlty Towers with his high octane activity, and his wife who kindly sends us off with a packed lunch of pizza slices and cherries.
Leaving Peschici we decide to take a minor road, staying as close as possible to the seafront. Reasonable chain of beaches but the whole area looks somewhat neglected. Maybe the arrival of the season proper will transform the various waterfront communities but we are not overly optimistic.
As we travel northeast towards Termoli the heavens open and this torrential rain continues until after we turn west at Pescara in the direction of the Abruzzo National Park. As we approach Sulmona, birthplace of the classical poet Ovid, the scenery becomes increasingly mountainous and the main Pescara to Rome road becomes an elevated freeway clinging to the edge of the mountain slope.
We arrive at our Agriturismo, La Porta dei Parchi, at about 4.00 pm and move into our basic but comfortable apartment. This is very much your back-to-basics agriturismo set against a backdrop of very rugged mountains and with a clear view to the hilltop town of Scanno at 1050 metres- a destination for the next day.
Basic but tasty dinner at the agriturismo restaurant, after which we are off to bed at 10.00, tired after a long and fairly demanding drive in foul weather for much of the journey.
The Obese Ferret
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