Thurs. 2nd. Feb.
At last we made it up Etna. That is to say, we got as far as the snow would allow. We probably had some miles left but the conditions were impossible, the road was covered in snow and ice and dangerous. Still, it was sunny, clear and warm, surprisingly. We took pictures and Janet threw a snowball at me, (no surprise there). Amazingly, while we were parked, in almost total isolation, a camper van drove past us and we recognised it as belonging to Gunther and his wife, who had been next to us at Cefalu. He screeched to a halt and we had a brief reunion, during which he made the sensible decision to terminate his ascent of the mountain because of the conditions. Small island!! Having tried to take another route around the mountain to Randazzo, and failed because of the conditions, we gave up and began our descent. On the way back to GN we explored the charming town of Linguaglossa, and shopped at Lidls. Today we bought dolces for Silvino and his family as he would accept no money for his petrol and time spent helping us on Monday. He was very grateful. Tomorrow we need to get the van fixed. Another adventure in store, a 50K drive with broken exhaust. Watch this space.
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