This would not have been a good day to discover you somehow booked a room up there. Dodie always worries that in trying to go shorter she will end up booking higher up. One more good reason to double check the routing before committing to it.

Does this make Rachael an honorary goat herder?

Sounds like a pretty nice day! Nice one!

What a treat to see a bird for the first time.

You need crap times to make you fully appreciate the good ones. I reckon you're well in credit on the latter. Have a cool pint for me when you get a chance.

I’m really looking forward to it. I’m not much of a walker any more and it’s so spread out that it seems like it would,be a great place to explore by bike. We’re booked at an Airbnb by Kew Gardens for 4 days at the beginning and the end so we should get a good look.

No doubt you'll enjoy London. I wish Debbie and I had bikes with us last year, as I found walking around quite tiring. Make sure you visit the V&A - it's free, and the cafe serves good nosh.

A satisfying day all around!

Your idea for revisiting Puglia is what I want to do when I get the opportunity to return. Gravina, Martina and Guagnano would be three among many locations I'd use as bases for deeply discovering the region. To me, it's a magical place.

Yup. I’m being cut down to 20mg/day tomorrow! Very exciting.

I think we can all agree that that was enough for this tour. And great that you can reduce that dopey prednisone. Onward!

Yup. Pretty both ways. Too bad it was a dead end.

Phew. Glad that first day's over! Sounds stressful. Here's to better days moving on down the road.

Lovely shot. Nice light.

So glad for the happy end! What a demoralizing start that was.