We leave Nick and Grete and decide to drive west on the autostrada until lunch time then see how far to go and where to stay. Traffic is heavy, it’s like a remake of ‘Convoy’ with trucks filling lane 1 to the horizon plus the overtakers in lane 2.
“It was the 8th of Oct and the roads were chocked, all the trucks were nose to tail
There were Croats, Slovaks, Poles and Serbs, why can’t it all go by rail
Headin’ on up Milano way, them rigs kept thunderin’ by
And we just couldn’t overtake ‘em all no matter how hard we’d try
Cos we’re in a great big convoy in the north of Italy
When all we want is scenery to slide by prettily -- Convoooy!”
Well dreaming that up ticked off a few miles until we hit roadworks. So with progress slower than expected we decided after our lunch stop to return to Iseo. Ali rang, they have space so off we go.
An hour later Selena meets us at the gate. She is running the site on her own, everyone else is on leave or away on business. We tell her we need to fill with water before pitching up and when we get to the service point we cannot believe our luck. The broken piece of our water filler neck [see Sat 5th Oct - Via Venezia] is wedged onto the end of their hose, undamaged. Not having to buy and fit a new filler neck and cap means the €20 for a night here is actually a saving!
We pitch up and say hello again to the Dutch man who lent us his pump, then Ali asks Selena if we can order pizza tonight. Selena says the restaurant is shut, but some other campers have also asked for pizza so they are getting some made nearby and delivered.
Nick spends the afternoon catching up with the blog notes while Ali tidies the van between chats with the ducks and gazing at the smooth lake water.
At 19:00 Selena brings our pizzas and they are excellent.
Iseo treats us to another beautiful sunset then before bed we look at some options for stops tomorrow and our onward route.
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