A Riverside Stopover
24/08/2025 After leaving our glacier camping we were wanting to push on a little before stopping for the night. The road took us up through the bleak high moorland of… Read more »
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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 »
Driving North to Orkanger
20/08/2025 We set off from our campsite heading a few kms on to Oppdal. We’d read that there is good mountain biking in the area. On the way I’d earmarked… Read more »
Spotting Musk Ox at Snøhetta Viewpoint
19/08/2025 Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately – we do have to pay the bills) I am still having to work as we travel. I took a week off initially to allow… Read more »
Via Ferrata Sjoa
17/08/2025 The next point of interest on my map was a via ferrata near Sjoa. We agreed that after two days of mountain biking we would see how our legs… 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 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 »
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 »
Impianti and other Words
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 »
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 »
A Baptism of Fire, or Water?
06/02/25 Is it slightly mad to embark on a new three month trip in the Alps in winter with a new van? Hopefully not. Something could go wrong, but that’s… Read more »
Stirling Castle and Last Days in Scotland
06/12/2024 South to Stirling We took the A835 east to Inverness where we stopped for LPG. We were on this road over 5 weeks previously, climbing Ben Wyvis and watching… Read more »
Rocky Road to Ullapool
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 »
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 »
Orkney Part 5 – Last Days on the Mainland
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 »