Wednesday 8th Octcober

We left Naples and hitch-hiked north via Terracina.  We were unable to reach Rome that night so we pitched camp on a site 90 kilometers south of the Eternal City.  The site was allowed us by a family living in a large red house quite close to the road.  They kindly supplied us with cakes and washing facilities, but forgot to warn us about the rats.  Their rats, very large and hungry, soon made an appearance and tore our shopping bag to shreds and made off with our bread.  They almost made off with my washing kit!  This was too much so we de-camped and made off down the road.  We managed to find a petrol filling station, where the attendant allowed us to sleep on the office floor.