Euro Day 20 - Dolomites 3 Day - Day 2

Saturday, 13 July 2019

I am going to miss the Dolomites. This whole area is incredibly beautiful. It's filled with hikers and cyclists and beautiful mountain flowers and cows with bells, and wooden chalets and cute villages. It's lovely. And it's been a privilege to be able to orienteer here.

Today we were using a different part of the same map as yesterday. I found it a lot easier navigationally however it didn't stop me making a mistake on the easiest control of the course - much like yesterday. I still finished in 3rd though which I think means I'm sitting in 2nd over-all as the people around me haven't been as consistent.  Tomorrow it will be completely different terrain so anything can happen.

Zali contemplating the mountains before her start today 

Unfortunately Zali didn't have a great run, on top of some mistakes at the end she discovered she'd mis-punched which was disappointing after struggling all the way through to the finish.  Jett improved on yesterday, and Jon remained midfield.

Driving home we stopped to check out some donkeys and deer grazing by the side of the road.

When we got home I had planned to go for a small hike around this village, but luckily there was a thunderstorm, so I had to stay here :)  It gave me time to organise the last week of our travels in this part of Europe which was good.  The campsites can be a bit tricky, as some won't take bookings at all unless you are staying a week (you just have to hope they aren't full when you arrive for the night), and others get booked out online.  I'd be more comfortable taking chances if it was just Jon and I, but with the kids I want more certainty!  In any case after a few changes of mind our next 10 days are all sorted out now.

So tomorrow we have quite a big day - we have to check out of this apartment, go orienteering, then make a dent in our journey to Croatia.