Big-ish day today. It’s the longest (distance-wise) of the journey (397km), so we started very very early, and were on the road before 7am. The traffic was reasonable, and we made good time. We had an early lunch at the services just before the Italian border, and around a 10 minute delay with a queue at the border crossing itself, and we were in Italy.

All of a sudden, the traffic seemed heavier, and we were soon in the madness that is Milan. Lorries barrelling along, overtaking and undertaking us, made this part of our journey … err … interesting. It was a relief to leave all that behind and turn off the motorway at Brescia.

We stopped at the Auchan supermarket at Brescia, and stocked up on beer and wine, and a few other bits. The weather was scorching hot, and there weren’t many other people around.

The rest of the journey was straightforward, and we arrived at Camping Eden at around 2.30pm. We had no problems getting into the site, or onto our pitch, although anything longer than our 7 metre motorhome would have difficulties. Although the pitches are wide, they aren’t very deep, and the access road is narrow. Mind you, people park their cars next to the road doesn’t help. We were glad we’d reserved a pitch near to the site entrance.

We got ourselves set up, and we were soon relaxing under the awning. Our friends Ed and Julia and their dog Jess were pleased to see us, and we had a lovely evening at their caravan.

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