Wednesday 2 June 2010

Monday 24 May, Scopello, western Sicily.

Zingura Nature Reserve provides visitors with a map and list of rules upon entering, intent on preserving the pristine environment. A lovely 20 minute walk through this dog free wilderness finds a beautiful cove, white pebble beach and turquoise waters where Maddie rediscovered her love of the sea.

Rule (d) states that persons accessing the park will not remove earth, stones or other materials. The author of rule (d) had clearly not envisaged the situation that Chloe created in the mid afternoon sunshine.

Never one to suffer flies silently, her complaints had risen to the extent that parental checking of the area was undertaken. This revealed a large quantity of faecal matter on the beach, sourced from the nearby nappy, and attracting the interest of the waste management division of the local insect population. Nearby sunbathers remained oblivious as rule (d) was broken and a significant quantity of formerly white pebbles were furtively transferred to bags for removal from the park.

Things that don't happen at home #4 One's dignity is compromised by having to wash sand from one's feet in the central facilities. Said facilities contain solely pedal operated baisins. The resulting contortions can be imagined.

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