This morning we arrived back at Carloforte, just off the West coast of Sardinia. We were both quite tired after two long (ish) trips. The first leg was from Gozo - we had intended to head straight for Menorca. However - it turned out that the forecast had lied and we spent the first 15 hours making little progress as the wind was coming straight at us down the Sicilian channel. That was followed with thick thick fog, which was followed with 30 knots of wind as our foresail jammed. We decided that we weren't having as much fun as we could have been and we headed in to Mazzaro del Vallo on the South West coast of Sicily. As we rounded the harbour wall and dropped the anchor the wind which had been quite fresh suddenly became incredibly hot (like a hairdryer) and we lost GPS coverage! The other odd thing was that on jumping in the sea to go and check the anchor I was left gasping from breath as the sea was very cold! Anyway - we had sleep, followed by a wander round the town which was really nice in an unremarkable kind of way, and found a weather forecast (for what it's worth!). On inspection the weather forecast showed that we had ok winds for heading to Sardinia for the next two days and after that wherever we were we would need to stay until the strong northelies had blown through. So we decided to go, and had left within about 20 minutes (fixing the furling foresail in extra quick time) and we headed off to Sardinia, changing our destination twice en route from the South East corner of Sardinia, to the south of the island, and then stretched it to Carloforte, arriving just before the wind started to kick up.It is nice to go somewhere we have already been, we are surprised that people remembered us. We were met by Andreas with a shout of JOHN - YES - HOW IS IT? (we call Andreas James Bond as he blats around the harbour in his rib very fast, always standing up as he drives it and swirling and skidding it around (can you skid a rib?)) The marina (James B or his friend) here comes out to meet every boat and ushers it to its allotted spot, nudging the bow across with their ribs and generally providing a great service!