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 »
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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 »
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 »
Swiss traditions at Moléson
03/09/2023 Moléson-sur-Gruyères is a small ski resort above Gruyères. We could see the distinctive solitary limestone lump that gives the resort it’s name from our last stop in Charmey. The… 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 »
A Challenging Time at Bike Park Wales
07/06/2023 With my new full suspension mountain bike (did I mention it?) I really wanted to do something we have been promising ourselves for some time. A visit to Bike… Read more »
Crickhowell; Canals, Mountains and Nature Reserves
03/06/2023 The weather for our trip, which began with sunny days but chilly nights at the end of May, was now turning even warmer. Night time temperatures were increasing and… Read more »
Finding the Elan Valley
30/06/2023 The Elan Valley. Why had we never heard about this before? When we mentioned to our Welsh friends that we were heading to mid Wales they immediately said ‘I… Read more »
A Week in Glen Nevis
Fort William is not the most prepossessing town, and our memories of it are somewhat tainted by the fact we almost always visit in poor weather when the grey wet… Read more »
The Roads – More or Less – Travelled
We have spent a lot of holidays in Scotland. We particularly love the west coast ‘where the mountains meet the sea’ and have spent many pre-motorhome holidays enjoying the mountains… Read more »
Plan B in Pickering
Two weeks off! The thought of an extended break has been buoying us up through lockdown and it finally felt as though it was going to happen. Vaccine roll out… Read more »
The Peak District – The Final Campsite
Staying in multiple locations has the advantage of making a trip seem longer. It’s also a welcome reminder of the time we spent full-time touring; moving slow short distances from… Read more »
Peak District Part 2
Continuing Our Peak District Adventures From our campsite in Hayfield we needed to make our way to Hope in the Edale valley and the second leg of our Peak District… Read more »
Why Not? Literary connections?
Moonfleet, by J.M. Faulkner, was a favourite book of mine when I was young. I remember the cover of the edition from my bookshelves, the Puffin Classic edition with mysteriously… Read more »
Marvelous Molveno
29/04/19 – 01/05/19 With a couple of unsuccessful mountain excursions under our belts we thought it was time to take a new approach and visit somewhere a little busier and… Read more »
The Good and the Bad of Shoulder Season
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 »
Return to the Aosta Valley
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 »
A Slow Journey Back to the Slopes
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 »