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 »
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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 »
Enjoying the Cullen Coast
13/10/24 Banff, Canada, is somewhere I remember fondly. Many years ago I went with my sister, brother in law and *ahem* ex husband. We had an amazing time, spending 10… Read more »
Castle, Cliffs and Caves
07/10/24 We moved on from Aberdeen to Port Errol. This is a justifiably popular overnight stop with the Bay of Cruden right next door. This sweeping curve of golden sands… Read more »
Mixing with the Rich Kids
25/09/24 A work interlude We passed a couple of days in peace and quiet at Drumcarro Farm campsite, a small inland CL with a friendly owner, EHU and excellent 4G… Read more »
Elie Chain Walk and More
21/09/24 I had pencilled Elie into the map on the basis of it’s Chain Walk. I was doing a little research to find out whether it was worth us bringing… Read more »
Under the Eiger
03/10/2023 Lauterbrunnen was a location that prompted mixed feelings in us. It had been built up by people we know, people we follow and random internet strangers. A place unrivalled,… Read more »
Back to the Aletsch
29/09/2023 After our lovely stay in the Saastal we needed to move on. We only had a couple of weeks before we needed to get home and had to pick… Read more »
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 »