This morning I walked over to the bar near the bus station where I can buy bus tickets. And get advice on bus times. Actual timetables are rare. It’s always better to check with someone who knows.

So, I can get a bus from Pisticci to Pisticci Scalo at 6am on Saturday. Then a bus , which should be a train, to Potenza, followed by another ” train bus” to Salerno. Then I should get an actual train to Rome. And finally another train to Termoli/Cortona. Where hopefully I’ll be met by my family with a car. That would be after 5pm. They can’t believe it’s taking me so long to get there.

This afternoon I’ve been choosing clothes to take on holiday and painting and sanding a shoulder bag.

It was one of several things I bought online and none of which were what I thought they were going to be.

I sanded the horrible gold/plastic catches etc and painted the fake leather insets. I have an acrylic product for painting on material. At the minute it looks like I may have inadvertently made the fake leather look real. However I’m not confident that the paint will definitely stay on. Will see how it goes.

I’ll be sticking to buying stuff at the secondhand stall at Scanzano market in future.

Haven’t seen the kittens today. Fluffy popped by for a snack and then disappeared.

Almost every time I walked past my latest self portrait I found something to change.

I still don’t think it looks quite like me,but at least I’d like to look like that.

It’s a lovely evening again.

I’ve got a glass of wine .

Cheers🍷🍷