Sherpa Steps and a Glacial Lake in the Lyngen Alps
19/09/2025 It was finally time to take the ferry across the Lyngenfjord. We’d gazed at the dramatic views of the Lyngen Alps a few times and now it was time… Read more »
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Mines and Canyons in Birtavarre
18/09/2025 After checking out from the campsite we made our way back towards Olderdalen, though the weather was anything but welcoming — rain and heavy clouds clung to the hills… Read more »
Island Hopping to Kågen
14/09/2025 We drove on via the E6 to do some shopping at Storslet. With cupboards re-filled we set off for our next destination. Island Journey Because this is Norway, a… Read more »
All the way to Nordkapp
07/09/2025 I apologise in advance for the rant below. Feel free to skip the first section if pedantry is not for you. There is some more positive content further down… Read more »
The abandoned village of Hamningberg
04/09/2025 Just a few kms north of Vardø, along a 40km stretch of road, lies a small nodule of land facing out into the Barents Sea. This tiny peninsula is… Read more »
Our First Mountain Walk in Norway
29/08/2025 After finishing my work meeting in Narvik we moved just a few kilometres, with a quick interlude at a supermarket, to a parking spot on the E6. It was… Read more »
Walking the Tømmerrena
14/08/2025 Three days travelling and three hours on the ferry. We were completely done with travelling. We needed a bit of the great outdoors to revive us. Luckily several people… 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 Power of Water in the Cogne Valley
12/04/25 We have visited the Aosta valley so many times, but there are still new things to do even if we stay in the same places. In this blog post… Read more »
Brusson and the Isollaz Waterfall
09/04/2025 From Champoluc we drove just a few kms back down the road to the town of Brusson, a tourism centre further down the Ayas valley. The sosta here is… Read more »
Champoluc. What Season Is It?
07/04/25 This blog entry starts with a final couple of days skiing in Cervinia. We had some lovely fresh snow followed by bright sunshine. Most notably we had pizza from… Read more »
A Weekend in Torgnon
31/03/2025 We drove down to the bottom of the valley and Chatillon for a night to get some washing and shopping done. It’s a regular haunt of ours and I… 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 »
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 »
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 »
Ancient Bones and Ruins
29/11/2024 Friday was a drab damp and windy day. It was also the day we realised we only had a week left to get back home for our family Christmas… Read more »
The Rough Road to Ben Hope
24/11/2024 We had a brief weather window. A dry and windless day between rainy weather systems that we needed to make use of. We chose to use this day to… Read more »
A Day on Ben Wyvis
26/10/2024 Our reason for heading inland was to climb a mountain. Ben Wyvis is a munro. We are slowly ticking off these mountains over 3000 feet and as it was… Read more »
Historic Sites and Leaping Salmon
25/10/2024 This was to be one of those busy days. They happen sometimes. Unexpectedly we find ourselves able to stuff a lot of activity into a single day. This morning… Read more »