San Gions

By eight in the morning it was starting to get warm again so Darren took Bliss straight out to have a dip in the lake. On his way there he found a fledgling bird stranded in the middle of the road. By some miracle he managed to pick the poor little thing up and put it underneath a hedge before it was run over or Bliss spotted it and had a second breakfast! I really hope the little guy makes it. 🤞
There were lots of lizards 🦎 scurrying up and down the concrete walls of the lakeside path, all far too quick for Bliss to catch.
We soon got moving as it was heating up quickly and there was no shade to be had in the lake side car park.
From the edge of the lake we could see the country on the other side that we were heading towards today. Before very long we crossed the border into Switzerland 🇨🇭 really quite excited to see what it would be like. Well we are not disappointed, it’s as beautiful as we’d hoped, mountainous of course and the drive is amazing. We’re heading directly through Switzerland towards Liechtenstein, for no other reason than to grab another country flag for Ivy. The roads are surprisingly good, we find ourselves driving through long tunnels, over high bridges, up and around ,winding, climbing and descending. All very exhilarating but without the fear of imminent death. (Which we have experienced far too often)

The weather forecast is saying extreme thunderstorms 😬 and “Extraordinary threat to life”
Oh God, here we go!!! Our planned park up for tonight is high up in the mountains!
We both love thunderstorms, but the idea of being in extreme thunderstorms up in the mountains is a little bit nerve wracking, but there’s nowhere to hide so we’re going to have to do it anyway!
We arrived and got settled in, the views all around us were stunning, high snow capped peaks on all sides playing hide and seek between the fast moving dark clouds. We’re parked by a fast running boulder strewn river just yards away. It feels so wild and rugged here.

The rumble of thunder started just as it began to get dark, it got more and more loud, literally thunderous as the night progressed, with blinding flashes of streaked lightning ⚡️ between. It continued to grow in intensity as the night went on and the pitter of rain turned to a deafening roar as it battered on Ivy’s roof. We were up until very late watching the mountain peaks light up in menacing silhouette with each frequent lightning flash. Bliss strangely wasn’t bothered at all by the thunderstorm, just slept right through it? Really strange because when we were at home in the house she used to be so terrified of thunder and lightning, panting and shaking with fear. She used to get in a really bad state about it...Go figure?
Eventually we were too tired to stay awake any longer and fell asleep listening to the heavy rain drumming down on the roof. Cozy and warm inside our little home.Read more