A Shopping Trip and a Mountain Pass
29/08/2026 After two bike parks we had a decision to make. Should we invest in some downhill mountain biking gear? Most of the people we’d seen on downhill trails had… Read more »
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Summer in La Plagne
28/08/2026 We left Les Saisies in the afternoon, making sure we were out before we ticked over into another 24 hour period. Stupidly I’d forgotten to top up the CCP… Read more »
Starting Our Mountain Biking Adventure in Les Saisies
25/08/2026 Les Saisies. Yes, we’ve been here before. In fact this will be our fifth visit. Maybe that makes us boring, but we’re likely to be back again so we… Read more »
Journey to the Alps (Again)
22/08/2026 We were heading off to France on a Friday morning. Our night with friends on Thursday evening before had been very restrained so that we could get off nice… Read more »
August 2026 – Finally Moving
In August things finally started moving and we felt able to start making some plans. Selling Our Flat Our buyer had started to get very frustrated and was pushing her… Read more »
July 2026 – A Long Dry Summer
July would turn out to be scorching hot down here in the south, more worryingly it continued to be very dry, the grass had turned yellow and leaves on trees… Read more »
Heatwaves in June 2026
June. The start of the summer heatwaves of 2026. I hope this is an aberration as we are really not capable of enduring summers like this on a regular basis…. Read more »
Spring in the UK – May 2026
A field near Crackington Haven At the beginning of May our peaceful farmer’s field was invaded by the people who were turning up for the Land Rover event. It was… Read more »
Too Many Towns?
30/03/2026 After Auxonne we had a small string of towns planned for our trip home. Metz We drove north to Metz. The snow was a distant memory so we turned… Read more »
Avoiding Snow on our way to Auxonne
28/03/2026 Despite dropping down to a lower altitude it seemed that the snow was still destined to catch up with us. Saint-Ferréol Aire We stopped for the night in Saint-Ferréol… Read more »
We Made it to the Aire in La Plagne
26/03/2026 Back in 2019 we made an attempt to get to the La Plagne aire. But after making our way up to the aire, and having to put snow chains… Read more »
Baguette Love in Les Saisies
21/03/2026 Once through the tunnel we were back in France, the land of the boulangerie and fabulous bread.. It’s not that there is anything wrong with Italian bread, in fact… Read more »
Under Mont Blanc
18/03/2026 We drove out of the Aosta valley along the SS26 rather than taking the toll road. On the way we stopped to pick up a few final provisions and… Read more »
Making the Most of Cervinia
17/03/2026 After Monterosa we had a bit of a debate. Where should we go for a final few days of skiing in the Aosta valley? We could go somewhere we… Read more »
In the Fog at Monterosa
12/03/2026 At the head of the Lys valley, above the last village of Gressoney-Saint-Trinitie, is the tiny hamlet of Staffal. It’s also known as Tschaval, which is it’s name in… Read more »
Resting in the Lys Valley
09/03/2026 After Pila, guess where we went. Yes, that’s right, we popped back to Châtillon. We’re not the only people who are using this location as a bit of a… Read more »
Climbing the Switchbacks to Pila
06/03/2026 After the morning in Torgnon we decided to move on. With blue sky days now forecast for the rest of the week we needed to find somewhere higher and… Read more »
Abandoned Villages and Tourist Villages
03/03/2026 We scooted back down the valley to Châtillon for a quick break, leaving Cervinia on the Friday afternoon to avoid the expected weekend hordes. Of course we don’t know… Read more »
Is this the Last Year for Cervinia?
27/02/2026 We moved on to the sosta in Cervinia next. The sosta here is a large area of ground which may have once been tarmac but is now just some… Read more »