Italy 5 Days - Day 3

Today was a highlight. The blue skies were back and we had a new orienteering area called Lago dei Caprioli which was only 33 minutes away according to Google. Only unfortunately it wasn't because the narrow road and limited parking created a gridlock situation so it took us more than an hour to get to a parking spot. Luckily we had allowed extra time so we just made it to our starts on time.  The terrain was steep and hard to move through (and interpret on the map) - Jon had a less good run, I made one big mistake but was otherwise ok and managed to make the top 10 for the first time, Jett bungled up some numbers and Zali was her usual clean self, both in body and navigationally.

The arena was a beautiful little lake surrounded by the steep hills we'd just run on, so it was lovely to relax a bit by the lake when we had finished running  (unfortunately we weren't allowed to swim). The drive back down to the valley was much quicker and we drove straight to the Mezzano train station where everyone but Zali hired bikes and we went for the loveliest ride up the bike trail up the valley to the castle of Ossana.  Paul, Dani and I hired e-bikes while Jon and Jett toughed it out on real bikes.  It was so pretty and super fun.  

Afterwards we availed ourselves of Paul and Dani's washing machine and shower then drove to the event centre to pick up our event shirts (that we got for entering early), then straight back down to Mezzano to get pizza with Dani and Paul - which was delicous.  We finished the evening with some gelato then zipped up the 9 hairpin bends to get back to our place. 

Such a fun day (except for the parking bit!).  Tomorrow we finally have early starts which will hopefully make the parking a bit easier as we are back in the same place.