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The day started of lazy and slow.  The long drive took the stuffing out of us both plus for some unknown reason the van alarm kept going off in the night. No idea why as it’s been set the same way every other night we’ve been away so far.  Griff ended up sleeping with the van keys in his hand with an ear open for the alarm going off. Poor bugger only got around 4 1/2 hours sleep whereas I had 7 1/2 hours. There are advantages to hearing aids and taking them out at night ;-).

The morning was already starting to get hot and glad we grabbed a shower last night rather than this morning as the queue was long. Breakfast was our usual toast (yes we used our Halfords toasting racks lol) and jam. I caught up with Friday’s blog which was great and I would have time to do Saturday’s and today’s later.

Juice packed, walking shoes on we headed along the lakeside track to the next town Gravedona ed Uniti.  We had done this before with Briony and Ken and we were remembering key stopping places we took photos.

The temperature was starting to rise and it hit over 30c. The lakeside breeze was a blessing but it didn’t stop the sweating and overheating.  All the shops were shut as they tend to close from 12.30 till 16.00 so we opted to have lunch at the local cafe bar.

We ordered a panini each and a beer and what came out on the plate was enormous. I really thought we wouldn’t be able to eat them but we did washed down with a cold beer.  Griff had promised me an gelato (more on this later) but said let’s wait until we get back to Domaso as I was stuffed, hot and sweaty and don’t think the gelato was a good idea at the time.

Griff informed me there is a storm due tonight and I immediately thought back to our previous episode at the stable yard lol! The air was hot and humid and there wasn’t any relief from it.

We stopped off a cafe bar we had known from our previous trips and ordered drinks and mango gelato which was delicious! In Italy, the word ‘gelato’ is used to describe their signature frozen dessert, which is often mistakenly referred to as ‘ice cream’. While both are frozen treats, gelato is denser and smoother than traditional ice cream due to a lower fat content and less air being incorporated during churning. With that in mind, we were having a low fat dessert which was one of our 5 a day :-).

Afterwards we headed back to the van and I was tempted to get a shower as my clothes were clinging to me with sweat.  Griff had other ideas and had the sense to bring swimming shorts.  Me on the other hand thought that would be the last thing we would be doing so didn’t bring mine.

I headed to the lake shore with Griff and dipped my feet in the cool water and it was lovely once you got used to it. Griff gingerly made his way into the water but found a lot of the stones under foot were mossy so were therefore slippery. Griff also wanted to try out using the iPhone under water (I didn’t think that was a good idea!) but they are known to be water resistance. It did work but took a bit of time to dry things out so word of caution, be careful using the phone under water.

After Griffs swim we grabbed a shower early evening as this is the quietest time as people tend to do it early morning.  It felt great and refreshing. We tempted fate to have a walk to the local supermarket and see if it was open. Being Sunday we thought it must be closed. But alas, it was open so we stocked up on a few groceries and headed back to the van for a cold beer.

On arrival back at the van the biggest ever mobile home was trying to park and how he got into the park we have no idea as turning the corners wouldn’t have been easy. Two camping places needed for the beast and took nearly 20 mins to get them into place.

We stayed put in the van tonight and I managed to catch up with three blogs and Griff had a Power Nap to catchup on the missed sleep last night.  A couple of beers helped and we looked forward to sleep although it’s another hot humid night.

Oh and another storm tonight……..