To Slovenia 1st June: Lake Bled

Camping Bled is right on the Lake. It’s a large campsite, so our actual pitch is a few hundred metres from the lake, but you walk out of the site entrance onto the path that circles the lake. The town of Bled is at the opposite end to the campsite. It’s not a large lake, about 4 miles all round, but very picturesque. Here’s a view from the path with a tourist boat being rowed gondola-style, at gondola-style prices.

The other distinguishing feature of the lake is the island. This appears on every tourist ad for Bled and often for Slovenia itself. Can’t manage the usual helicopter shot, but this is it, the clump of green trees where the church is.

Something always seems to be going on. This weekend it’s the European Junior Rowing competition. The lake was sectioned into lanes along its total length for races. It was great to see all the youngsters keenly competing, and here are three boats speeding neck and neck for the finishing line. We decided not to take out a pedalo and show them what real speed was.

On the walk around the lake there is a long garden containing many unusual sculptures, the most bizarre of which is in the next photo. It’s a pyramid of fish-heads. You always look for some deep meaning in these sorts of works, but maybe it’s nothing more than a hint to the wife that he’s fed up with fish for dinner four times a week.