Believe it or not I have just spent the entire morning writing an article to be used as a Feature on the Main Page of this wonderful site....and then inadvertently deleted it with one tap of my aged finger. To say I was distraught is an understatement!!! I haven't the energy or the patience to start again and the muse has gone (along with my tolerance of anybody who helpfully suggests that in future I should 'save' as I go along).
As the images are (and were) ready to post I will now take the easy option and display them all on the Forum. My apologies to members who have not the slightest interest in seeing images from a 'non-alpine' destination, please be so kind as to look away now...and further apologies to those who would prefer a modicum of text to accompany the images, the words are lost in the ether and I haven't the inclination to rewrite them.
I will add a number of links that will lead the inquisitive to more information on this beautiful volcanic island.
There are going to be one hundred images in ten postings....it MIGHT have made a worthy article....!!