Lucky to be here to record the start of today after a dramatic night camping out in an Italian alpine thunderstorm! Beautiful campsite a few miles from Edolo and after some pizza in the warm evening it seemed like it would be a good night. As soon as we were in the tents there were growls of thunder and spots of rain that gradually grew in intensity to full-scale blitzkrieg! Tizz helpfully said that she knew of people killed by lightning in tent and asked if we were safe! The thunder just echoed round and round the mountains for what seemed like an eternity! Eventually it passed, to be followed by constant rain most of the night. Mum, Mel, Pat and George in the big tent are all soaked this morning, as are Mum and Mels flight tickets home from Pisa! Interestingly, Tizz, who for the past few nights has been unable to sleep, reported that she had slept like a log!
Just mopping up before setting out for (hopefully warm and dry!) Brescia.