Cooling Down on the way to Bormio
09/09/2026 After our second day of biking at Pila it was time to move on. We decided to drop down into the valley that evening to do some chores and… Read more »
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A Long Weekend in Pila
07/09/2026 After being battered by the bike trails in Cervinia we were off to Pila where we hoped that the trails would be kinder. The blue trails on the map… Read more »
Summer Activities in Valtournenche
03/09/2026 From our spot on the Piccolo San Bernardo pass we drove down the many hairpins, through La Thuile and down to the base of the Aosta Valley. We were… Read more »
A Shopping Trip and a Mountain Pass
29/08/2026 After two bike parks we had a decision to make. Should we invest in some downhill mountain biking gear? Most of the people we’d seen on downhill trails had… Read more »
A Mountain with a Hole
23/10/2025 We’d just had a mega hike but we still needed to find somewhere to spend the night. And I needed to work the next day too, so ideally we… Read more »
A Day of Beauty in Møysalen National Park
28/09/2025 After leaving Hardstad our next destination was the tiny Møysalen National Park. It looked as though we were due for a dry day so we were keen to get… 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 »
Around Kvænangen fjord
13/09/2025 It felt very strange to be heading south now after such an intensive amount of effort to get north. From our glacier stopover we tracked back to the E6… Read more »
Crossing the 71st Parallel
06/09/2025 The north coast of Norway is made up of a number of peninsulas jutting into the Barents sea. We had been on the Varanger peninsular and were about to… Read more »
An unplanned stop in Finland
31/08/2025 The last day of August was the day we decided to slightly change our plans. Which route to Kirkenes? When we finished our visit to Polar Park we sat… 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 »
Fjord Scenery on the way to Narvik
28/08/2025 The drive north from our campsite in Rognan was spectacular. This was the point when we really got hit in the eyes with the fjord scenery that Norway is… Read more »
Heading into Nordland
23/08/2025 The next few days were forecast to continue to be drizzly, but we had a destination in mind for Sunday when the weather was due to improve, so we… Read more »
The Perils of Popularity
13/04/25 When I originally suggested visiting Annecy the weather was still hot and sunny and I had visions of a few days sitting by the lake relaxing, occasionally taking a… 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 »
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 »
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 »
Vauban Forts and Gargouilles
.17/02/2025 Our journey to Briançon was a mere 17km through the other villages that serve the Serre Chevalier ski area. We decided that we definitely like Monêtiers best. The other… Read more »
Sango Sands and Smoo Cave
27/11/2024 It was time for me to do some more work so we planned the next stop to be on a campsite. Sango Sands Oasis Sango Sands Oasis campsite is… 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 »