SOMETIMES you just need to sit down and do nothing for just a little while. That's what Sardinia is for.

The words bike and holiday are not two that I had ever put together. But I did it. I’ve cycled across Umbria.

THE minute I arrive in Tuscany, I feel happy. And within an hour I’ve eaten my first Italian meal just like in Eat, Pray, Love.

PULL up a stool, dangle your legs and get stuck into the bar snacks. But first a drink...anywhere around the god Neptune.