The thunderstorm passed, but the rain continued far into the night. And this morning dawned cool and cloudy - no weather for eating breakfast outside. When we had had it, we went up to the Achensee Atoll and were able to convert our visitor passes into holiday cards. We then came back to the WoMo and the Swan Whisperer had a cup of coffee before we decided to test out our cards by taking the boat across the lake to meet the others, which we did successfully. By which time the sun was out, and has remained so all day!
A walk round the village followed, with sites of interest to Club members pointed out, and we ended up at the Karwendelbahn, which is a cable-car up the local mountain. At the top there is a restaurant, or you can walk about half an hour to another one. (resstaurant, not cable car) which some of the party chose to do. I firmly stayed local, and the Swan Whisperer and I, with some others, had lunch; he and I both had soup, his washed down with beer and mine with Apérol Spritz. Then he left to go up tp the other mountain, and I stayed down looking at the glorious views over the lake.
I then went down to use the loo, but when I came back, I wanted to go back to the viewpoint, but didn't see the rather high step (which should really have had a yellow stripe on it), and tripped and fell. Fortunately my phone wasn't damaged, and nor was I, really, bar a bad scrape on one leg and generally being shaken up! Someone had a first-aid kit with them and helped mop me up and sprayed me with antiseptic cream, and I sat and drank coffee with others of the party before the Swan Whisperer came back down to escort me down the mountain!
Several of us went into the hotel and had drinks while waiting for it to be 16:00, at which time I had promised to lead a short service, which I duly did. The hotel was great and let us use a quiet corner, and there were 13 of us gathered - some churches I preach at, I don't have as large a congregation!
After that, the Swan Whisperer and I pottered back through the village, past both the Protestant and Catholic churches, and ended up at the boat landing. Sadly, the first boat wasn't going to Buchau, so we wandered to the bus stop and found that the next bus left ten minutes before the next boat! So we decided to catch it, as the SW's phone was almost out of battery and he was trying to clear up some muddle back home. It turned out to be one of the few buses where you don't have to change, and it dropped us off at the Atoll in good time. He is now hotting up the hash we had for supper the other night, and I am relaxing and wishing my shin didn't hurt quite so much!
Wishing you quick healing and as little discomfort as possible!
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