In the Fog at Monterosa
12/03/2026 At the head of the Lys valley, above the last village of Gressoney-Saint-Trinitie, is the tiny hamlet of Staffal. It’s also known as Tschaval, which is it’s name in… Read more »
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Climbing the Switchbacks to Pila
06/03/2026 After the morning in Torgnon we decided to move on. With blue sky days now forecast for the rest of the week we needed to find somewhere higher and… Read more »
Is this the Last Year for Cervinia?
27/02/2026 We moved on to the sosta in Cervinia next. The sosta here is a large area of ground which may have once been tarmac but is now just some… Read more »
Filling our Faces in Valtournenche
23/02/2026 After our interesting experience at the campsite we were ready to return to a bit of off grid parking. The sun was shining and the days were warm. The… Read more »
Chamois – And an Interesting Camping Experience
24/02/2026 We were excited to get back on our skis after our February holiday break, and we were particularly excited because we were going to try somewhere we have never… Read more »
Sent away from La Thuile
16/02/2026 Never, in our ten years of travelling in a motorhome, have we been asked to leave a parking area. This was a new one for us. Leaving France We… Read more »
Ski Saint Gervais les Bains
14/02/2026 Saint Gervais les Bains is somewhere we have been before, and when we were looking at options to sit out a snowy day it seemed ideal. It’s pretty low… Read more »
Ski Praz de Lys Sommand
11/02/2026 As we approached the alps the scenery started to rise up around us as rocky cliffs and forested hills. A little bubble of excitement grew each time we saw… 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 »
Winter Trip 2025 – A Summary
It’s been a while since we got back from our latest European trip. So much so that we’re busy planning our next trip and had completely forgotten to post our… 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 »
Unexpected Sunshine in La Thuile
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 »
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 »
Our First Time in Les Deux Alpes
07/03/25 With the snow rapidly disappearing from lower slopes, and sun forecast for at least the next week, we had to find somewhere with high altitude slopes. We’d been hoping… 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 »
Musings from Montgènevre
21/02/25 As I sit here on a Friday evening, full to bursting with cheese and bacon stuffed pancakes, I can hear the sounds of rumbling engines. Ice is being crushed… Read more »