Its not normally like this...

Well, that's what the locals say.

We have spent the last 2 days waiting for racing to begin but to no avail.

Normally, in the morning the wind blows from the North until about 11.30am when it dies. Then it comes honking in from the South. By 1pm when racing is supposed to start, there is a solid wind and the waves are beginning to build.

On Tuesday we woke to find the breeze had not changed directions during the night and was still blowing strongly from the South. Consequently there were enormous waves breaking over the pontoon. This is not Mothing conditions. The race committee postponed until 4pm so we sat around.... About 5.30pm they called it off for the day. If they wanted to they could
actually start the race at 6pm because it does not get dark here until 9-10pm.

Yesterday we woke to a cool morning, clouds and some sprinkles of rain. Later in the day the clouds lifted and Moths were sent out to start racing. Meanwhile, I was picked up in a gorgeous wooden speedboat by Andrew, Sandy and the Captain to have a great day on the lake drinking Champagne, having lunch, sunbathing on the Day Bed and swimming.

Unfortunately racing was postponed for a few hours, then all of a sudden the race committee sent everyone in - quickly. They were expecting a huge storm and 60 knots.

We quickly cancelled the day of boating and I went in to help John and Scott unrig the Moths before the mayhem began. Lucky we didn't get 60 knots (although Andrew & Sandy got hail on the way back to the hotel in the boat!). Once again, we spent the rest of the day sitting around the club waiting to see if racing would be started later in the day... it never eventuated due to the "unusual" weather.

I must qualify that "sitting around the club" is actually quite fun! We watch the Americas Cup, chat, and update the WAGS website. Yep, we now have our own web page on the UK Moth Site. Lea who is chief Editor is hilarious! And all the Mothies and WAGS are really nice. Of course the English are a bit mad, but there are lots of Australians too.

In terms of non-Mothing exploits, after getting lost in the Mountains on Monday, some of my fellow WAGS (Karina & Kylie) decided we just had to find that Waterfall. So on Tuesday morning we made another attempt - and made it! Of course we were expecting some beautiful waterfall in the mountains with pond where we could have a dip in the crisp, clear water... No. We are in Italy. The Waterfall is a tourist attraction!

Tuesday was also the day Andrew and Sandy arrived at Lago di Garda and we went to visit them in their AMAZING hotel on Tuesday evening. They are staying in the town of Gardnano which is about 40 minutes drive from Torbole where we are. The hotel is Villa Feltrinelli which is where Mussolini lived... It is a castle on the lake with incredible
grounds, antiques everywhere, marble, flowers, trees, gold, fresco's... the list goes on. Imagine the most incredible Ville from a James Bond movie - then x10.

We spent the afternoon catching up over Champagne and caneps, watching the light fade over the lake. Then we had an incredible dinner. We had a great night!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Right now its 10am in the morning on Thursday and the boys are at the club. I will go down soon and Andrew, Sandy and I are going out on a boat again to watch the racing and take lots of pics.

Oh, did I also mention the awesome camera I got? Its a Canon SLR with a 200 mm lens. My new toy! Sandy very kindly picked it up for me in Sydney.... and its first day of use yesterday I gave it a serious work out! I will try and post some more pics soon.