Excitement & sadness :-(

The sun was warm enough today to have our first breakfast out side which was very nice indeed. I then braved the roads on my road bike for an hour. If Italians are so keen on cycling why are they so inconsiderate to cyclists ? They skim past you with cms  to spare. I diverted off the main road and up a steep and winding back road. This was more like it, great views and very little traffic. I returned to help Tina hang out the washing and get ready for a walk.

breakfast in the sun

What started out as calm day was thrown into disarray as we heard our lovely German neighbours voice shout for help from the beach. I rushed down to find her husband with his face cut and grazed from falling face first into the pebbles. He did  not look good. He had suffered 2 strokes previously and his wife was obviously concerned he just had had another. A passerby had phoned for an ambulance so I ran up to the camp office to get the owner. With lots of help and 3 languages we helped the ambulance crew who had arrived within 5 mins. Tina had checked him out and was certain he had fainted. Next drama was that the main road back to Lecco was blocked by a landslide, so a helicopter duly arrived.

helicopter arrives

Exciting but for all the wrong reasons and very sad to see somebody suffer. All the campers of all nationalities rallied together to calm his wife down and reassure her. The helicopter pilots spoke German and did their best to calm her down. She was able to go with him in the helicopter. All the professionals involved were very friendly,  efficient and extremely well equipped.

lunchtime walk

After a brief walk we visited the Moto Guzzi Factory Museum in nearby Mandello Del Lario. I think Tina found it interesting?

1950's Guzzi racer

We might be unable to leave tomorrow for our planned next stop in Venice due to the blocked road - but not a bad place to be stuck in!