Carry On Camping

Just back from two days camping in Val Ferret in Italy.
Only over an hours drive on "wibbily" roads, as sonny calls them.
Grande Jorasses campsite is nestled under the monumental rock towers of the Mont Blanc massif. €53 euros for 2 nights self catering! 50c for a shower token....or nothing for a wet wipe and an extra spray of deodorant.

It's at about 1500m (circa 4500ft) altitude so it was a little cold at night. Especially for sonny boy who kept wriggling out of his sleeping bag...eventually I "double bagged" him in tops and fleeces, track-suit bottoms and socks.

We all slept pretty well and ate well too. Homemade burgers the first night and omelettes the second. Local red wine and chocolate for dessert...yum.

I don't know how we are going to get camping in Ireland, apparently they've had the wettest July since the 1880s.

The only thing I regretted NOT bringing was a potty for princess as she kept insisting on multiple trips to the distant toilet block...just for the heck of it.

Cars aren't allowed up the far end of the valley so we waited for the bus. The driver stopped me and the dog getting on indicated she had to be muzzled. I insisted the rest continue on the bus (never one to miss a rare oppourtunity for alone time hehehe) The parkie indicated it was 3.5km to the "place" so doggie and I started walking. Then probably unwisely, since I didn't have a sports bra..started to run. Because I was unsuitably attired for running, I did it only when there were no witnesses. So I got up in 30 mins (it was 5 kms) and got applause from some of the bus passengers who saw me thrown off! I wrapped a scarf around doggie's dangerous bits on the way down and got a more lenient bus driver...so my boobs were relieved I didn't have to run down too.

There were lots of climbers at the campsite and when I googled it this evening I discovered that one of them died climbing Grandes Jorasses yesterday.
It is a massive rock tower and apparently 3 of them were climbing freestyle (no ropes) and one feel to his death. Very sad.