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 »
Tag: travel
A brief interlude in Conflans
21/03/2025 After our stay in Les Saisies we had some laundry to do. We left the resort in the mid afternoon following our walk and reversed our journey down the… 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
A Taste of Lossiemouth
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 »
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 »
We made it to Scotland
11/09/24 We made it to Scotland! Maybe we shouldn’t be surprised, but with Bertie’s recent radiator disaster we drove with our eyes on the temperature gauge and a slight tension… Read more »
Between Two Lakes
01/10/2023 Our campsite in Interlaken was a short bike ride or bus journey away from Interlaken. We were happy with the separation from the busy town. We visited a couple… Read more »
Crossing the Grimsel Pass
30/09/2023 We woke up in the carpark at Betten Talstation. Finally we had made a decision on our destination. The choice had been between crossing the Furka Pass or the… Read more »
Unexpected Brig
21/09/2023 Brig (officially Brig-Glis) is a town in the Rhône valley that is probably best known for being a transport hub. Trains bring in people who are travelling to and… Read more »
Getting rid of our rubbish in Leysin
06/03/2023 It was time to move further south. I had earmarked a couple of spots in the Vaud Alps for a visit, the first of these being Leysin. A town… Read more »
Off we go again
29/08/23 Our autumn plans had been inspired by our quick visit to Switzerland earlier this year. This time we wanted to spend a few weeks in Switzerland with possibly some… Read more »
A Challenging Time at Bike Park Wales
07/06/2023 With my new full suspension mountain bike (did I mention it?) I really wanted to do something we have been promising ourselves for some time. A visit to Bike… Read more »
Crickhowell; Canals, Mountains and Nature Reserves
03/06/2023 The weather for our trip, which began with sunny days but chilly nights at the end of May, was now turning even warmer. Night time temperatures were increasing and… Read more »
Finding the Elan Valley
30/06/2023 The Elan Valley. Why had we never heard about this before? When we mentioned to our Welsh friends that we were heading to mid Wales they immediately said ‘I… Read more »
Return to Home Base
26/04/2023 Our channel tunnel journey home was almost the mirror image of our journey out. We arrived early enough to be offered an earlier tunnel crossing but ended up departing… Read more »
The Big Cheese?
18/04/2023 Getting to Gruyères We had earmarked Gruyères as an appropriate stopover in Switzerland. We were only passing through so it had to be a short detour from the route… Read more »