{"id":37476,"date":"2022-04-21T09:15:40","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T08:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=37476"},"modified":"2022-04-21T12:29:19","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T11:29:19","slug":"sea-kayaking-in-sardinia-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2022\/04\/sea-kayaking-in-sardinia-day-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea Kayaking in Sardinia – Day 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Day two of kayaking and we had already fallen into a familiar routine. After breakfast with the others in the Agriturismo there was time to get ready and then Clark and Giovanni turned up with the mini-bus and kayaks at a leisurely10am. Today he drove us to Porto Ferro on the West Coast. Here we were greeted with sunshine, and a wide sweeping sandy bay overlooked by three towers – The Black, White and Red Towers. The iron rich rocks here were mined in the past and the towers were defensive structures built in the 17th Century by the Spanish against Saracen threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The red, iron rich rocks framed the 2km sweep of golden sands and contrasted with the deep blues of the sea and the green Mediterranean scrub. The scrub was full of colourful flowers and was backed by pine forests. Behind this was Lake Baratz, the only natural lake on the island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The beach itself is popular with naturists. It was calm today but it is also known for it’s surf and Giovanni told me that it was one of the best spots on the island for surfing and windsurfing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Onto the Water<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We were soon on the water in the boats we had decided to use last night. I was back into the slightly less stable Inukshuk, the two Anna’s were in the double, Vicky had given the skegged boat to Giovanni and now had a boat with a rudder. Jacqui was in a more stable boat which suited her as were Hannah and Claire. Everyone seemed happy as we set off out of the bay. We passed the tower guarding the southern headland turned left to start making our way south along the rocky coastline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jacqui was desperate to see dolphins so I pointed out to her that today would be the perfect day to see them. The calm seas would make them easy to spot. Not long after that I spotted some movement on the water where some large fish were surfacing. Clark said they were Tuna, but I couldn’t be sure. There was certainly some feeding activity though and the larger fish were no doubt chasing smaller prey. We stopped to watch, but didn’t see any dolphins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not long after a big flock of seabirds congregated a little way offshore. The were feeding on something, which is often a sign that dolphins or other larger fish have chased a shoal of bait fish towards the surface. Once again there were no dolphins to be seen. This was the case all day long. Various flocks of seabirds were seen fishing, but Jacqui never did get to see the elusive dolphins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We continued on for just over an hour and then pulled into the beach at Porticciolo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n