In which I try to set fire to Noddy

As planned we eventually left Bucine on Tuesday, although we did deliberate
about it for a while in the morning as it was pouring with rain as it had
done for the previous afternoon and evening. At last the thunder and
lightning eased off and we decided to get going. We did not have too far to
go and ended up on the north shore of Lago Trasimeno at the town of
Passignano sul Trasimeno. The site is in the grounds of the Hotel Kursaal
and we have a nice pitch right on the waters edge. The site was fairly quiet
when we arrived yesterday but has started to get busier and we now have
neighbours squeezed in next to us which is fine apart from the mans
incessant whistling. He spent about 2 hours, not kidding, extracting all
sorts of tables chairs and who knows what from their motorhome and never
stopped to take a breath. It seems that when he is not talking to his wife
he whistles, oh and its the same tune. Perhaps we might snip their handbrake
cable in the dark of night and wheel them into the water, shame its only 7m
at its deepest.
Anyway, we had a nice stroll into town and the lady at the Tourist
Information was very helpful with all our questions about local transport.
We bought a couple of nice pastries and headed back to the van to enjoy them
with a nice cafe latte. When we have used the espresso pot, the traditional
little metal ones, it gets washed and then dried quickly on the electric hob
otherwise it is a pain to dry. Unfortunately whilst the pot was drying I got
sidetracked helping a Dutch couple move their caravan, and then went to sit
outside with Sue and forgot about the aforementioned drying pot. When the
smoke alarm in the van started cheeping I suddenly realised that perhaps the
pot was now dry. Well most of it was apart from the plastic handle that was
now melted around the base of the pot and was smoking a tad with the odd
hint of a flame. I don't think it would have done much damage, but it just
goes to prove that smoke alarms are worth their weight in fire
extinguishers.
Tomorrow we will get a train into Perugia if the weather looks nice and then
perhaps do Assisi on Saturday.

Ciao

M&S