
Arriving in Austria
07/05/19 – 08/05/19 After our walk to the Drei Zinnen mountain hut we decided to cross the border into Austria. A brand new country for us, one that neither of… Read more »
07/05/19 – 08/05/19 After our walk to the Drei Zinnen mountain hut we decided to cross the border into Austria. A brand new country for us, one that neither of… Read more »
26/05/19 – 29/05/19 Travelling in the mountains during ‘shoulder season’ can sometimes be highly frustrating. As the snow recedes, it leaves behind the debris of autumn storms and winter snowfall…. Read more »
24/04/19 – 25/04/19 We woke up to a rainy day and a forecast of 24 hours more rain to come. However a bright ray of sunshine appeared in the forecast… Read more »
23/04/19 Paul doesn’t display the highest levels of enthusiasm when visiting historical sites unless they have some element of engineering or architectural interest. So when I announced that I wanted… Read more »
19/04/19 – 22/04/19 From Livigno we drove back down to Bormio, looking for somewhere that might have some Easter activity that wasn’t centred around skiing and late night loud and… Read more »
16/04/19 – 19/04/19 After a decent fall of snow in Passo Tonale we were torn about our next steps. Should we plough on into the Dolomites? The ski season was… Read more »
10/04/19 – 11/04/19 Our journey to Passo Tonale started with the sort of afternoon I’d rather forget. Thinking to save ourselves a bit of driving we decided to leave Gressoney-Saint-Jean… Read more »
08/04/19 – 10/04/19 The Monte Rosa ski area covers three parallel valleys in the Aosta region. Each valley has ski resort villages and facilities for motorhomes so all we had… Read more »
07/04/19 We’re pretty poor at keeping track of the days of the week. Back in our working lives a Sunday was an opportunity to relax and recharge the batteries. Maybe… Read more »
31/03/19 – 06/04/19 After our couple of days in the warmth of the Aosta valley we were considering skiing again. This time we weren’t going to take any chances. With… Read more »
30/03/19 – 31/03/19 Last time we were in the Aosta Valley was ten months ago, on our return from a four month stint in Italy. It’s a beautiful part of… Read more »
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 »
22/03/19 – 24/03/19 The forecast for the weekend was warm, in the mid teens during the day and only slipping down to about -2 in the cold hours of the… Read more »
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 »
12/03/19 – 17/03/19 Montchavin and Les Coches are two villages sitting almost on top of each other at the eastern extremities of La Plagne resort and very close to the… Read more »
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 »
28/02/19 – 10/03/19 When Aaron told us that he had an opportunity for some leave we set to work trying to find somewhere to ski. We needed to find somewhere… Read more »
25/02/19 – 27/02/19 While we’d been in the Verdon area we had been making plans. Paul’s son (Aaron) had a window of opportunity to take some leave and was keen… Read more »