Crossing the Grimsel Pass
30/09/2023 We woke up in the carpark at Betten Talstation. Finally we had made a decision on our destination. The choice had been between crossing the Furka Pass or the… Read more »
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Marmots in the Saas Valley
24/09/2023 South of the Rhone Valley, starting near the town of Visp, is a long valley that forks in two as it heads towards Italy. In one branch of this… Read more »
Grimentz: Our Last Stop in the Val d’Anniviers
19/09/2023 Our last stop in the Val d’Anniviers was the skiing village of Grimentz. It looks like more than a village with it’s many chalets and apartments, but with only… Read more »
Satisfaction in Zinal
17/09/2023 When we got up to Zinal on Sunday afternoon it was still bustling with weekend visitors. Something about the village immediately made us feel as though we were going… Read more »
Watching the Queens in the Val d’Anniviers
15/09/2023 The Val d’Anniviers first came to our attention when we were full timing in our motorhome. Esther and Dan in their blog talked about the way the local community… Read more »
The Bisse du Torrent Neuf
14/09/2023 From the Val d’Herens we made our way back to the main Rhône Valley, through Sion and up the side of the valley into the town of Savièse. This… Read more »
Verbier VIPs
11/09/2023 I’ve always thought of Verbier as a ski playground for the famous and glamorous. Somewhere a bit ‘up itself’ where Paul and I would stick out like sore thumbs… Read more »
Tour d’Ai and Laundry Day
10/09/2023 After our chill out time by the lake we wanted to head back to Leysin to conduct some unfinished business. It also gave us the opportunity to fill and… Read more »
An Idyllic Swimming Spot at Lac Retaud
08/09/2023 We’d had enough. Enough sun and heat. We needed a way to escape. Without many options to avoid the heat we realised the only way we could cool down… Read more »
Getting rid of our rubbish in Leysin
06/03/2023 It was time to move further south. I had earmarked a couple of spots in the Vaud Alps for a visit, the first of these being Leysin. A town… Read more »
An Iron Way in Charmey
01/09/2023 In blazing hot sunshine we started to work our way south. Our destination not yet in the mountains proper but in the Fribourg Pre-Alps. It seems a little unfair… Read more »
Landing in Switzerland
31/08/2023 From Belgium we still had a way to go before we would get to Switzerland. Paul felt refreshed and ready to drive so we decided to put a random(ish)… 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 »
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 »
The Big Cheese?
18/04/2023 Getting to Gruyères We had earmarked Gruyères as an appropriate stopover in Switzerland. We were only passing through so it had to be a short detour from the route… 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 »
Run to the Alps
09/03/2023 It’s been a long time since Bertie had a big adventure! When we returned from our two years of travel in 2019 we aimed for another five years of… Read more »
Spring Skiing in St Gervais les Bains
25/03/19 – 28/03/19 We were in St-Gervais-les-Bains, not because we had any particular plans, but because I was feeling under the weather and we wanted somewhere free and warm (ie… Read more »
Skiing Les Saisies
18/03/19 – 21/03/19 We packed ourselves up and said goodbye to Camping Montchavin, we really liked the campsite but hadn’t been so enthralled by the skiing at La Plagne, it… Read more »
Not Going to (La) Plagne
11/03/19 We were more than ready to move on from Camping Huttopia; not that we hadn’t enjoyed our stay, but 11 nights in one place is rather a long time… Read more »