Ok, so the ankle..as I said its been stiff, so yesterday we were leaving Iseo for a night in Caravagio, enroute to Milan airport. In the morning I could hardly walk or putpressure on it at all. I was really struggling. Zoe carried all the luggage down even. Changing gears was a real hassle, a definite 3 part movement, any decent rugby ref would have sent me off! I went to the chemist on arrival yesterday and had to use my heel to pull up on the gears it was that bad. She gave me a gel and overnight I kept applying it. Very little sleep and a very swollen ankle. Thinking sprain or break.. This morning, I went through all my options, as in leave the bike, come back another time to carry on after flying home, getting a ukgser to come ride it home and I fly, or just soldiering on. Anyhow, back to the chemist, they were so worried they got me a chair soon as they saw me. They took me in the back, bathed and soaked it in salts, and wanted me to go to hospital. Not really an option was my thinking as they would either strap it and tell me to rest, put in plZter and me in on crutches or ? Either way I would be stuck with no way of getting the bike back. So I asked them to strap it, pass me some painkillers and soldier on. As you can now imagin3, mounting the bike, or moving it backwrads from parking was getting hard with no lateral or vertical movement without extreme pain. Anyhow, 3 sachet of pain killers later and a foot shoved in tight boot and we were off to the airport. Changing gears has since become easier and I can now walk albeit witha little hobble. This evening I am at camping magic lake on the shores of lake como. The ankle is much better, strange thing the body huh. I will continue and see a doctor in uk, but from looking at options to fly this morning to being able to sit without pain tonight is a massive mystery to me. And I am usually the last one thattakes the easy option or calls off sick! Tomorrows route is re planned and will see the julier pass, oberalp and into Andermatt. Then the Sustens IF I CAN REMEBER RIGHTLY. so far the bike has been very reliable, mpg is at 53.3 overall and I have now covered around 2500 miles. The throttle cruise control rubbers have perished and popped off (it was already slipping a little bit even with the rubber underneath). So it has the cable tie option installed now. The only other hassle is my aux power to charge the phone has lost the will (not the bmw socket) and I will sort that out when back home, but also my garmin sat nav will only charge up to half the battery life, so planning off the bike is limited. That will also need a replacement. Anyhow, enough now, but looking corward to seeing more roads tomorrow, albeit withh limited gear changes!