Monday, 6th August 2007
Happy anniversary to us! 13 years!
I was up at 6 and replied to some work e-mails and went down to get breakfast at 8’ish. We had intended to go to Desenzano today but we mucked up the boat timetable so decided that it’ll keep for another day. I stayed at the van and dossed and Annie went to the pool for a swim and a sunbathe.
For lunch, we had some fruit, bought from the visiting fruit and veg van the day before. After lunch, we tried to pre-book our place for next year, only to find that the particular pitch we wanted (with electric hookup and a sink on the pitch) had already been pre-booked by the present incumbents. We obviously needed to think again, so we investigated some more pitches, and found one which was large, no trees obscuring the main part, had hookup and a sink, and perhaps most important of all, had a solid 2 lights on the WiFi sniffer, whereas our current pitch had either one light or no lights. We booked it for four weeks next summer, and paid our deposit.
We went up the campsite restaurant, but were studiously ignored by the waiting staff, so we upped and went on a little walking tour of the campsite. We met Ed and Julia at around 7pm, and Julia drove us to a restaurant up in the hills behind Salo, where we had a really lovely meal, surrounded by Italians (no burgers and chips here).
Julia very skilfully drove us back down the windy hillside road, and we had a late-night drink outside our van, before turning in at around midnight – late for us.
