Route to lake Garda

Well, I said at the end of my ‘diary’ about our trip to Italy I wouldn’t do it again. Guess what■■? I lied!!! About a week after our return, we were sat somewhere having lunch and both moaning about the cold. I suddenly declared ‘That’s it!! I’ve had enough’. We found out when we were down there the tempature is around 15-18 in December.
So Monday morning we are heading for Dover where we will stay overnight before catching a ferry early Tuesday morning. The Beast is ready, snowchains in the boot and Xmas and possibly New Year is booked in Sicily. We’re not hanging about this time and will use the motorways down and through the Mont Blanc tunnel (where the other night, it was -12 and snowing). We’ll be in Sicily by Friday.