Another little foray out, and we couldn’t have found a more tortuous road than the one up to Prunelli-di-Fiumorbo – a white line painted in the middle of something that amounts, in places, to little more than a rough track with room for half a car on either side of it before the unprotected edge sheers off hundreds of feet below!

However, it’s well worth it, because the village at the top is stunning, with formidable views over to the mountains and eastwards back down to the plain, the lagoons and the sea, not to mention a welcome from every resident we encountered. Plus a nice little café  cum épicerie cum gossip shop, where we sit in the sunshine contemplating taking a different road down again!  It works. The indirect route back is a far better road and we “land” safely!