In this first stage of assistance, as well as our friends from the State Police, consists of two rubber dinghies, rowing a boat with rowers who were enthusiastic about rowing down with us to Milan and a kayak with a fun crew: a friend of ours swimming trainer (a little 'overweight) with his doberman puppy!
The appointment is at the port of Verbania Suna and our athletes arrive in ones and twos a little 'excited to start again after one year adventure to swim the country Feriolo the horizon, far, and it seems impossible to get up there to swim.
We get ready and we leave, we are in 9 and 2 of us, two lovely ladies, and participate without changes even though the water temperature is now reasonable, around 21 °, however, is a brave choice to stay in water 3 hours and more without protection, with only a little 'grease smeared on the skin at the start.
The route from Suna to the building that housed the old Osteria San Carlo at the beginning of the reed does not have much history, the water is quite cloudy for the many storms of the past days and it is difficult to discern any significant fish sinking to the bottom slowly quite monotonous, strewn with pebbles and practically devoid of vegetation underwater until the end of the Three Bridges, where outcrops of shale rock formations and a bit 'of natural vegetation manages to get to the water.
The fish are left wanting and apart from some nice chub and largemouth bass in the marina at the start of Suna, we find only a few roach and alborellina. Finally we arrive at the reed
Fondotoce and someone enjoys to approach the dense tangle of canes that sprout from the sandy bottom, we do not know the truth if we are allowed to swim near the reed bed or whether we should keep away to the distance of the row of yellow buoys that indicate the nature reserve, at the end of a beach full reed bathers from a camping brings us back to a moment in a colorful world and populated.
In a moment we arrived at the mouth of the Toce and there is the only moment of tension because the river water is the color of the ice and formed whole islets of floating debris, on which they alight gulls in search of fish while the temperature drops suddenly probably around 7 °.
is a time of difficulties to be overcome by a decision to quit reacting as quickly as possible from the current cold and back in the warmer waters of the lake, especially for our two companions who swim without a wetsuit and which path will end all six km swimming with enviable determination to frog! From the mouth of the Toce
Feriolo until the water is always dirtier to the time of the last days and the surface is literally covered in large areas by floating debris left by the buzz, as it is called traditionally in the rivers.
Swimming is stricken against some trunk, and it is hard to keep the leadership in the water more turbid, and the country is still far Feriolo and bell tower, the ideal goal, and extended himself very slowly, perhaps because the fatigue is beginning to be hear.
The last part is the path to swim between the boats anchored in front of the campsites and then disembark Feriolo tired of the country, the new beach made in the country where the encounter with the mountain.
A nice lady councilor of Baveno, graciously welcomes us with a delicious and refreshing struggling a little to wait for the arrival of our sports breaststroke, but in the end prevail and education to its arrival nobody touches the pizza and chips!
We are all happy, we passed a significant distance to comfort us for the next steps, this adventure resumed a year later confirms fun and satisfying, and so we salute you for giving us an appointment the next morning.
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