Bisceglie

We left Brindisi on the 4th of May and headed further up the coast Of Puglia. We anchored for the night just past Monopoli in the little bay pinned above.  All anchorages along this bit of coast are exposed to swell and this was no different. As expected, we had a rocky night but woke up to a beautiful calm morning.

There were people clearing up the beach and burning piles of drift wood.

We were having breakfast when Theodore pointed out a bee on the deck. Unfortunately for myself and especially the bee it was a second too late and it stung me on the sole of my foot. 

From our anchorage it was a short hop of about 5 hours to our next stop in the pretty little fishing town of Bisceglie. As we prepared to enter the harbour we were stopped by the Gardia de Finanza. They came alongside and asked for our boat papers and passports which we handed over with Theodore's fishing net.  After a nail biting 45min trying to remain stationary and not look like we're making a getaway, they returned our documents and let us carry on with advice to insure our dinghy.

Papers returned and snuggly moored in Bisceglie:

This is a charming quiet fishing town with lots of little boats scattered around the harbour and a maze of narrow polished streets.  While initially it seemed quite an expensive stop over, we were offered a second night for free so took the chance to explore a bit more thoroughly and do some boat maintenance.

The leaves of the binnacle table needed reinforcement where the hinges were separating  the fibreglass laminations. While adding extra hinges I managed to drill right through the table into my finger!

The harbour is very shallow -we had only a few centimetres under our keel.

And we're off again. Next destination Vieste -the closest stepping off point for Croatia!