I'm sure that there are many of you, my dear readers ( staring to sound like Jane Austen now,) who are of the age to remember the song Hello Mother, Hello Father about the child who was at camp - well, that's just how its been with me -all will become clear.
I have been on the Italian Lakes for five days now - firstly Lake Garda - which was incredibly busy so I scarpered after one night though Garda itself looked as if it could be nice, and arrived at Lake Iseo which is much smaller and prettier, three nights there and arrived at Lake Como. How fab I hear you thinking- and yes I am very lucky to have this opportunity - only thing is that until this morning I've not been able to see much of the area due to the atrocious weather - thunderstorms, torrential rain, strong winds and the temperature not much above 13 degrees. Now I know I didnt engender any sympathy when I was coping with temperatures in the 40's and I understand why- but just a little sympathy if you would for the last few days- no form of heating, everything gettng damp - at least have proved the point that can't sleep in Betsy in the winter!
But now the sun has come out and it is goregous - think Lake Como is the prettiest of the three I have visited,- the mountains are stunning so am looking forward to a couple of days around here. I did go on a ferry trip around Iseo just to pass the day really but couldnt see much so am hoping for better things this week.
Unfortunately the on board elecric system has packed up, a very nice German spent about half an hour trying to fix it for me but to no avail - not a real issue just makes life slightly more complicated- more thinking of how to charge electrical items and how to keep the wine cool as the cool box does drain the battery quite quickly- have got the solar panel to trickle charge the battery but that does depend on the sun ( see above!)
But apart from that life on the road is going well, probably ought to leave Italy soon for the sake of my hips - have had some scrummy food this time.
So will sign off with the wish that you are all well, keep the texts and emails coming, really do appreciate them.
Bye for now
I have been on the Italian Lakes for five days now - firstly Lake Garda - which was incredibly busy so I scarpered after one night though Garda itself looked as if it could be nice, and arrived at Lake Iseo which is much smaller and prettier, three nights there and arrived at Lake Como. How fab I hear you thinking- and yes I am very lucky to have this opportunity - only thing is that until this morning I've not been able to see much of the area due to the atrocious weather - thunderstorms, torrential rain, strong winds and the temperature not much above 13 degrees. Now I know I didnt engender any sympathy when I was coping with temperatures in the 40's and I understand why- but just a little sympathy if you would for the last few days- no form of heating, everything gettng damp - at least have proved the point that can't sleep in Betsy in the winter!
But now the sun has come out and it is goregous - think Lake Como is the prettiest of the three I have visited,- the mountains are stunning so am looking forward to a couple of days around here. I did go on a ferry trip around Iseo just to pass the day really but couldnt see much so am hoping for better things this week.
Unfortunately the on board elecric system has packed up, a very nice German spent about half an hour trying to fix it for me but to no avail - not a real issue just makes life slightly more complicated- more thinking of how to charge electrical items and how to keep the wine cool as the cool box does drain the battery quite quickly- have got the solar panel to trickle charge the battery but that does depend on the sun ( see above!)
But apart from that life on the road is going well, probably ought to leave Italy soon for the sake of my hips - have had some scrummy food this time.
So will sign off with the wish that you are all well, keep the texts and emails coming, really do appreciate them.
Bye for now
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