Is someone on holiday in Italy this weekend?

[PMRpro]

I know this isn't really on piste but I'm sure someone is in Italy/Sicily on holiday - are you OK? Not been washed away in the flooding?

[whitefishbay]

scary! Hope you are safe Pro! xxx

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to whitefishbay]

I'm fine - the rain has struggled to get this far every time! A couple of places in the region west of me have had up to 4 in of rain in a day over the last few weeks but we've only had a couple of really wet days. Of course what falls on the mountains washes down to the rivers and they have been a bit high! If the pattern of weather this year continues and it gets cold it will be a VERY snowy winter and my tyres lady says it has been manic for the last 3 weeks - usually they wait until it snows at the beginning of November to ring her phone off the hook! But this year has been bizarre - a return of weather patterns last seen about 30 years ago when Dolomites weather came from the Med so we were very snow-secure. Then it dried up and they have been relying on artificial to keep the pistes open all season. It is very good but doen't look as nice without a bit of the stuff from above.

I'd considered going down to Lake Garda for a few days but it is still chucking it down there, won't clear until tomorrow night and I have to be back on Wednesday.

[Longtimer in reply to PMRpro]

Lake Garda, wonderful. Have seen Scotland getting dreadful weather especially windy!

[Highlandtiger in reply to Longtimer]

Absolutely glorious here today and flat calm but tomorrow looks like it's going to be pretty awful...

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Highlandtiger]

My daughter called me at lunchtime - sitting in the sun on the small balcony at the top of the garden steps. Just to make me feel even more fed up!!!

[Longtimer in reply to Highlandtiger]

Not too bad I hope 🤞

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Longtimer]

The northwest is to be 80mph winds - considerable even by Scottish standards.

[Longtimer in reply to PMRpro]

That must have been what I saw…. Winds that high can do so much damage.

[Sillydogsmum]

Southern 🇨🇵 pretty badly affected also. Grim, so much mud to clear up afterwards.

[Pixix]

weird weather. Somebody came back from Sicily, I think. I was asking about public transport, as we would like to go again. My favourite, Limone on Garda, going over to Malcesine & up to the mountain top on the cable car. This time last year we were in Tuscany, & it was perfect!! Our friends were on the east coast, but were fine there.

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Pixix]

Aye well - nothing perfect about Tuscany at present!!!! Liguria's a bit off as well!

This is Sicily and Stromboli next door

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[Highlandtiger in reply to PMRpro]

Good grief! Poor Catania! I was there this time last year.

[Longtimer in reply to Pixix]

Stayed at Malcesine several years ago, up to the Dolomites in cable car….wonderful! Love Italy

[Pixix in reply to Longtimer]

Me, too! So much variety in one country, too!

[Longtimer in reply to Pixix]

Definately.

[123-go]

When I read your post I thought you were inviting anyone stranded over to your place 😉.

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to 123-go]

Rather a long way!!!

[123-go in reply to PMRpro]

😉