We had a tremendous thunderstorm last night. The noise was so bad that Mable the springer spaniel tried to get into bed with us and needed comforting. The thunder had stopped by the morning but it was still pouring down,…

We set off from Lake Bled to Croatia today, but so bad was the weather forecast for Croatia that we even discussed high tailing it across Italy back to Southern France. In the end we pressed on through the spectacular…

We’ve decided to stay an extra day at Lake Bled as the weather promised to be a little better. We decided to walk round lake Bled. It’s a beautiful small lake, which when the sun hits it is a bright…

We left Lake Chiemsee today for a journey to Lake Bled in Slovenia. This meant driving across Austria and its Alps. Theoretically Basil, because he weighs in excess of 3.5 tonnes, requires a special electronic “Go” tag to use Austrian…