Author: Janet

Loafing kind of day – legs refusing to work after yesterday’s endeavours 😂 Got some washing done and pegged out, then suddenly it was lunchtime. This was when we discovered that the butter in the fridge was soft and the

Most sensible people that visit this beautiful place walk down from the top, not up from the valley floor; that way you arrive cool and fresh not looking like you’ve just got out of a dirty swimming pool! We set

Not much to report today. Left the motorhome park mid morning nursing schlightly sore heads. The man on the reception said that things should be much quieter now that the children are going back to school. He’d gone from full

Had an afternoon basking on the pebble beach with a swim in the warm (ish) lake. Walked into Malcesine the long way round for a Saturday night on the town 😬🍷🕺 I’ve had a rare mixture of Aperol Spritz, white

Set off on another jaunt today just as the temperature was reaching its peak! The Sentiero del Ponale leaves the main road from the other side of Riva del Garda. Its a steep uphill track used by both hikers and

Decided to stay here today. The motorhomes are packed in like sardines, but at 12euros per night and tucked away behind the police station, what’s not to like? We’re about 200yds from the lake and about twenty minutes walk to

After some debate about whether we should visit the island of Burano we decided to head for Lake Garda instead. Lucky that we did, as the car park turned out to be twice the price we thought it was! The

A bit of shunting backwards and forwards to get out of the campsite this morning – so many trees! We’d decided to head towards Venice, as a bit of research pointed towards the fact that it is less busy than

It was threatening rain this morning with the odd roll of thunder. Nothing for it but to get the cleaning done .☹️ Hate doing it but always feels so much better afterwards. Had planned to walk into town for Guy

Getting up later every day even though it’s quite a noisy campsite. The Italians don’t do breakfast quietly 😉 Had a walk round to the lagoon area (covered in Jungle Formula). It seemed really hot, but we managed to see