
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
27/03/2025 It has taken us a while, years in fact, to get our heads around the names for the different types of infrastructure that get us around the ski slopes…. Read more »
25/03/2025 We had finally made it to Italy! We exited the Mont Blanc Tunnel to the sight of the dormant vineyards, stone buildings and steep mountainsides of the Aosta Valley…. Read more »
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 »
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 »
15/02/2025 It seems like ages since we arrived in the aire at Le MonĂȘtiers les Bains. We paid to stay for five nights and then we extended for a further… Read more »
30/11/2024 Moving swiftly on after our walk to the Bone Caves I scoured google maps to see whether there was anywhere else we should stop as we made our way… Read more »
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 »
28/11/25 After Durness, we drove around more of the NC500 road. heading south and away from the north coast. On our right was the wild and desolate landscape of the… Read more »
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 »
21/11/2024 It always feels a bit awkward talking about the ‘Mainland’. Are we talking about Orkney Mainland or UK Mainland? This last blog entry for Orkney talks about our final… Read more »
15/11/2024 Is it wrong to book a destination based on Pizza? It’s not that pizza was the reason we wanted to go to Sanday. But once we’d decided we were… Read more »
30/10/2024 We had been watching the weather forecast for a little while. Being British we are obsessed with the weather anyway, but this was a level above the usual, with… Read more »
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 »
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 »
19/10/24 Lossiemouth is one of those places you see mentioned often in facebook groups. A stopover enjoyed by many whether due to the tourist facilities, the beach or the opportunity… Read more »