Our Long Drive North
10/08/2025 We are finally just days away from embarking on the trip to Norway that we’ve been promising ourselves for some time. Twice it’s been postponed, van issues stopped us… Read more »
Category: France
Scratching the Surface of Besançon
16/04/2025 After our waterfall walk in the Jura mountains, we dropped down to the city of Besançon where we planned to spend a couple of days. The aire in Besançon… Read more »
Not the Waterfalls We Were Looking For
14/04/2025 The day started with a blanket of fog over the lake, it was a strangely blue fog, giving us some hope that it was only a thin layer of… Read more »
The Perils of Popularity
13/04/25 When I originally suggested visiting Annecy the weather was still hot and sunny and I had visions of a few days sitting by the lake relaxing, occasionally taking a… Read more »
A brief interlude in Conflans
21/03/2025 After our stay in Les Saisies we had some laundry to do. We left the resort in the mid afternoon following our walk and reversed our journey down the… Read more »
How Long Can We Last in Les Saisies
20/03/2025 With warmer days looming we were ready to start our journey north to the Aosta Valley where the ski resorts are high. On the way we thought we’d stop… Read more »
Warming up in Alpe d’Huez
13/03/2025 From Les2Alpes we just had to head across the Oisans valley to the ski resort we could see in the distance – Alpe d’Huez. We’ve been here before but… Read more »
Our First Time in Les Deux Alpes
07/03/25 With the snow rapidly disappearing from lower slopes, and sun forecast for at least the next week, we had to find somewhere with high altitude slopes. We’d been hoping… Read more »
Leaving Montgènevre
28/02/2025 We have finally moved on from Montgènevre. Yet again we have been reluctant to leave somewhere we were comfortably parked up, but it was definitely time. We had already… Read more »
Musings from Montgènevre
21/02/25 As I sit here on a Friday evening, full to bursting with cheese and bacon stuffed pancakes, I can hear the sounds of rumbling engines. Ice is being crushed… Read more »
Vauban Forts and Gargouilles
.17/02/2025 Our journey to Briançon was a mere 17km through the other villages that serve the Serre Chevalier ski area. We decided that we definitely like Monêtiers best. The other… Read more »
An Extended Stay in Le Monêtiers les Bains
15/02/2025 It seems like ages since we arrived in the aire at Le Monêtiers les Bains. We paid to stay for five nights and then we extended for a further… Read more »
A Baptism of Fire, or Water?
06/02/25 Is it slightly mad to embark on a new three month trip in the Alps in winter with a new van? Hopefully not. Something could go wrong, but that’s… Read more »
Driving Home for Christmas
16/12/2023 With Christmas fast approaching it was time for us to return home. We had a long drive ahead of us, re-tracing our steps back through the Gran San Bernardo… Read more »
A Last Minute Dash to the Alps
27/11/2023 When we got back from Switzerland in October I’d decided to look for work. Some of our income is generated through a rental property (our old home) and still… Read more »
Off we go again
29/08/23 Our autumn plans had been inspired by our quick visit to Switzerland earlier this year. This time we wanted to spend a few weeks in Switzerland with possibly some… Read more »
War Memorials and Waiting
23/04/2023 Our fuel tank was running dry and we needed to fill it up with the cheap stuff as soon as we crossed the border between Germany and Luxembourg. Then… Read more »
Castles and Vineyards in the Alsace
20/04/2023 Leaving Gruyeres we continued on Swiss roads, making sure we registered on the Via app again so that we were road legal. The route took us through the Jura… Read more »
A Family Week in the Grand Massif
23/03/2023 Skiing has always been a bit of a family pastime. Paul and Aaron’s first experience of skiing was when Paul’s Dad generously paid for the whole family to go… Read more »
The Ups and Downs of Ski Weather
16/03/2023 Skiing despite the weather in Les Saisies 2023 has been one of the worst ski seasons for some time. A combination of low snowfall and warm temperatures have left… Read more »