16th June

We saw Kennan and Melanie off this morning. We have two days before Emily arrives so what should we do? We decided to head to Filicudi, a small island off the beaten track. All the information we had suggested that anchoring is difficult but there might be some buoys. On arrival Massimo came out and we negotiated to use one of his buoys. There are footpaths crisscrossing the island weaving steeply up and down among the houses most of which do not have road access. We followed a map and ended up on the south side of the island at Pecorini where we had a drink overlooking the sea before having a hair-raising taxi ride back to the small pier that counts as the port.