Exploring Lake Ledro
Next morning Dad went to speak to the campsite peoplesees. When he came back Betsy was on the move. She never went far but it was away from the wicked witch of the east. Camp was quickly setup again then we were off. Walking through the camp we were soon on the beach. What we upto today? “Going for a plod round the lake Poppy,” said Mum. Mmmm OK then.
Leaving the beach I was let off leash, good, poppys likes off leash and here there are a lot of smells to follow.
The path was nice and cool in the shade of the trees. Even then it was getting hotter. Mum went into the co-op at Pur for some water good shout Mum. Dad mum Look! Beach! I croosed the road and headed for the water. MMMMMMmmm Cool paws.
The walk to Besta bottom of the lake hard going, my cool coat dried up and I needed lots of drinks. Worse than that the beach at Besta was a no Poppy Zone. Mum found a tap and got my coat cool again. Walking along I saw one of my cousins in the water. Dad LOOK! Poppys are allowed in there.
After I dipped my paws I said my goodbyes, so Dad where next? Up this side of the lake? The path took us along the lakeside. We were walking towards a castle.
As luck would have it the path took us away from the lake and right up to its front gates. They were locked and had padlocks and chains keeping them shut. Mmmm not going in there then.
The path was nice though, in places it reminded me of the Alpine meadows I played in last year.
On we plodded and found an old village, dad said it was called Mezzolago. He then told me it means half lake. Mmmm. We only halfway round lake? In the village I found a stone park. Stone parks are usually good for a game of ball but it was just too hot.
The Village was nice and cool, even better it as so quite no need for leash here.
I plodded about exploring all the new smells. Poppys likes Mezzolago
We followed a path that was off the road it was hot Mr Sun was radiating this afternoon. Dad, I’m hot. Why when there is a perfectly good lake there to cool my paws in? “OK Popstar, lets go”.
Poppys have learned that when they are hot the best way to cool down is lakes. Lakes are better than seas because there are no waves, and you can drink lakes.
All cooled down we were off again. Where to next? “We are going to explore our village now Poppy” said Mum. “We might even find a place for dinner tomorrow.” As we came into Pieve we passed a nice house, It didn’t look very Italian to me. Dad this looks like it should be in Austria or Germany.
We wondered around the village dad went into a place to book dinner for tomorrow. While he was doing that me and mum sat in the village square in the shade of the tower.
Can we go back to Betsy I’m shattered. “OK Poppy, I think we have walked enough for one day” said Mum. Good. On the way back I jumped into the lake to cool down, nice.
I had a lazy afternoon, sometimes sunbathing sometimes chilling in the shade.
Dad, Dad, come quick. Look, look over there. It’s the grumpy wicked witch of Pieve di Ledro! “Don’t worry Poppy, we have three vans between us and that old mad bitch” he said. Good she is so not very nice.
Dinner tonight is at Gasthof. It’s a big pizza place right on the lake. I wonder if they to squidees! Anyway, hurry up Dad I’m starving.
Dad raved about the pizza, he said it was one of the best ones he had since Naples. The sqidiees were good to. It was nice sitting out overlooking the lake. Dad even got two free limoncellos.
