17th September

In order to explore the island we hired a two seater electric car. We headed to the southern tip passing the old penal colony and random mules on the way. Coming from the other direction from Fornelli were cyclists, Land Rovers stuffed with tourists and a couple of 'trains'. We parked, plugged the vehicle into the power and went for a walk. We could see a boat labouring out through the passage we had used yesterday. We returned to Cala Reale and the only restaurant on the island for lunch. We then nipped into the turtle rescue centre where we paid to see three desultory creatures swimming around in small, barren, plastic tubs. They stay in them for anything from six months to three years. Is it worth getting rescued? It was then back in the buggy heading north to Cala D'Oliva. The bar was shut so we had a quick look and headed back to the boat.