Today, we are to take Ed and Julia for a drink at Ed’s favourite bar, across the lake at Salo. The weather was unkind, and the sky was overcast, and our friends kindly offered to drive us the 4km round the lake to our lunchtime venue. We were happy to comply.

It rained on and off as we walked along the promenade at Salo, and we found a table at the bar, and we all ordered pirlots. As is the custom, the barman brought some nibbles with the drinks, and we enjoyed small pizza-like vol-au-vents, crisps, tortilla chips, olives, gherkins, and capers. Another round of drinks bought another plateful, and we feasted as we watched the clearing skies across the lake.

We stopped off at the supermarket (called the Two Pines) on the way back to the campsite, and loaded up with fish, salad and wine for the barbecue later.

Back to the van, and more reading until it’s time for dinner.

Ed and Julia had prepared a lovely dinner, and the barbecue was lit and ready for cooking. We started with grissini, with proscuittio and reggiano, then had barbecued tiger prawns with lemon, and finished with lake fish with chips and salad. It was all very lovely.

When we got back to the van and retired for the night, I noticed it seemed very dark. I then realised that the power light for the fridge was off, and we’d lost the power from the mains hookup. Rather than venture out in the rain, I switched it over to gas, and planned to investigate in the morning.

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