We headed back into Slovenia and specifically Bled. We camped about 20 km from Bled on our way down and thought it would be worth a visit then, however it was the height of the season and the place was rammed and the queue in as we left was 5km plus so at the time decided to give it a miss.

Anyway as a result of the big storm in Central Europe things have thinned out a bit and the campsite in Bled which was fully booked until September now had vacancies so off we went.

Bled itself is on the shores of a lake (Lake Bled!) which has an island with a church, and a castle perched high on a shore side cliff – it’s very picturesque but a day was long enough for us.

Bled – slightly damper than when we first passed through.

I continue my mission to sample products of the region both alcoholic and food related and in Bled sampled Bled Cake which is essentially a vanilla slice on steroids and well worth seeking out.

Can’t resist a good cake

After Bled we decided to head across to the Dolomites. We always had this in mind for this trip as it would allow us to “complete” our tour of Italy which we started this time last year.

So we are now in Cortina armed with MTB and hiking maps and planning our adventures for the next few days.