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 »
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A lot of Rock and a little Ice
23/08/2025 After leaving Mosjøen we were heading to somewhere that’s been on our wish list since we started planning this trip. Svartisen Glacier. We love glaciers and we’ll take any… 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 »
A drive across the Rondane
18/08/2025 We had a bit of backtracking to do now. Our via ferrata experience had taken us slightly off course. It felt odd to be heading back south, and a… Read more »
Mountain Bikes at Hafjell
16/08/2025 Refreshed by the outdoors, we were ready for another longish drive. It was going to be over 500km up past Oslo and the famous Olympic town of Lillehammer to… 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 »
Tourist Dodging in Bruges
25/04/2025 After Ypres we decided to tick another city of our list. Bruges is often lauded as one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, a popular city break destination…. 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 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 »
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 »
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 »
An Extended Stay in Le Monêtiers les Bains
15/02/2025 It seems like ages since we arrived in the aire at Le Monêtiers les Bains. We paid to stay for five nights and then we extended for a further… 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 »
Exploring Beaches from Kinlochbervie
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 »
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 »
Orkney Part 2 – Westray
11/11/2024 While we were at Pool Farmhouse we planned out our visits to other islands. We were hoping to get to Westray, Sanday and Hoy on this trip, with possible… Read more »