Lago delle Fate

Woke up to rain, more rain, then a few small breaks in the cloud, then more rain. That’s been the story of the day really.

I bumped into a woman called Rachel (originally from Crickhowell) who was running a Saturday morning yoga session in the bar at the campsite. She invited us to her 5pm session on the basis that she didn’t think anyone else would turn up but in the end she had 3 paying customers so we stayed away. She said that we have been really unlucky with the weather and that, generally, this has been the worst/wettest/windiest start to the summer that she can remember (and she has lived here since she was 18).

Anyway, she suggested that we walk up to a nearby lake for lunch which turned out to be a really good tip. An easy walk in the dry and a lovely meal of salami and cheese followed by local filled pasta for me and gnocchi with cheese and bacon for Sara. All washed down with half a litre of white wine (which, as nearly always is the case around here, was slightly fizzy).

The only downside was that it rained all the way home so we got soaked. Spent the afternoon in the van trying to dry out.

Then a small (very small) bbq for tea - our first bbq of the trip funnily enough. Most places in France and Spain have banned them as far as we can tell. Italy seems less worried about them. Mind you, it has been so wet recently, I don’t think there is much danger of setting fire to anything.

The weather forecast promised us that it would start to clear from about 9pm and, to be fair, it looks like it is. Fingers crossed.Read more