Wednesday 4th to Saturday 7th June,
Budoni to Mari Ermi via Orgosolo and Bosa, Sardinia
The site Gareth had stayed on while I was away was lovely, and just off a lovely beach so we stayed another day and left on Thursday.
It was our intention to work our way down to the capital of Sardinia, Cagliari, but we had heard of a village in the hills with over 150 murals, so thought we’d stop off on the way.
Orgosolo is an old hill village with some very narrow roads. Both google maps and the van’s satnav blew a fuse trying to guide us to a parking spot by the cemetery.
We ended up on a one-way steep road, where the satnav wanted us to make a 90° left hand turn. This may have been possible had a car not been parked on the already narrow road.
There were 2 alternatives, take a steep, heavily cambered road to god knows where or reverse 400m down a steep narrow road to bring us back onto the main through road.
After some heated exchanges with a biker’s pillion, Parker made his decision and started to reverse down the road. A friendly local lady had come out to see what the commotion was and advised that it was 2-way so to be watchful of oncoming traffic.
To ward off any more problems, I ran down the road (not fast, it was blooming hot!) So that I could stop any traffic coming up 
. We were lucky, only one van came up and that was where there was a space for him to pull in.
Finally we parked up and climbed the streets to explore.
Orgosolo itself is not attractive but the murals certainly make up for the less than pretty town.
We didn’t get to see all of the 150 murals, but did see a good selection. Apparently they are painted with normal waterbased indoor house paint, so that they can be maintained at a low cost and frequently.
Moving on, we thought to visit the town of Mamoiada. Famous for its carnival and traditional costumes. Sadly, we couldn’t find anywhere to park up so didn’t stop.
Our stop for the night was on the coast at Bosa.
Gareth had read about it being a really pretty place.
As we came down the hills towards it, you understand what the article writer meant.
It really is pretty with buildings of all different colours rising up the hill towards the castle at the top.
Bosa is set on a river and we parked opposite. It was a free stop in a carpark behind the local restaurants. A great spot.
We walked around to the front of the restaurants and then along the riverside, crossing the bridge into the old town.
The first thing you notice is the Cathedral, on the riverside but the entrance is tucked down a side road. It’s very inconspicuous, totally relaxed in it’s surroundings, wine bars and restaurants plying their trade opposite.
There was a service underway when we arrived so we didn’t pop in.
Bosa is reminiscent of the Cinque Terre with it’s coloured buildings, cobbled streets and little lanes.
We wandered around before stopping for wine 
, well, there were wine bars everywhere so it would have been rude not to.
There is a sweet pudding wine that is made here, advertised everywhere, called Malvasia. We had a taster but then settled for a Sardinian white for me – made from Vermintino grapes and a red for Gareth, made with Cannonau grapes.
Gareth got chatting with the guy in wine bar and bought two bottles of the Cannonau, made in his own vineyard. I’m not sure they’ll last till we get home 
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Walking back over the bridge, the restaurants nearer the van were now open. We stopped for dinner and had a sharing plate of local meats and cheeses, accompanied by some of the local flatbread, obviously with more wine .
We were spoiled tonight with the most amazing sunset whilst eating dinner. The night-time view across Bosa and the castle was stunning.
It was a quiet night in the van but was hot very early.
Checking the weather we saw that Cagliari was due to have very high temperatures over the next few days, 32 is just too high for Meg and us too 
. Instead we headed for the beach and are now in Mari Ermi on a great little sosta right on the beach on the west coast. The sosta is called: Agricamping Serrano
We’re hot but have been lucky to grab a spot with some shade for when the heat near the van becomes unbearable.
The beach is just lovely, we waited all day and then popped down at about 5.30pm for a couple of hours. Meg is in her element as she’s on constant lizard watch.
This evening while on the beach she spotted one about 2ft long, luckily we had her on her lead otherwise we’d still be looking for her now .
The temperature now is about 25°, another bbq planned for tonight and hopefully another gorgeous sunset.
As temperatures are staying high we’re going to leave Cagliari until we come back to Sardinia another time. The forecast today for example was 37 degrees
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