With another fine weather forecast, I decided to get up high again to soak up some of the views that this region has to offer. Heavy on the wallet, but easy on the knees, I got transported by cable car to the peak of Le Brevant 2525m. I’m still getting used to this way of Read more

Set out on foot day to explore our local neighbourhood on foot. The valley is so steep sided that there is no getting away from a bit of up hill sweating without cable car assistance, however today we both fancied going under our own steam. It was really hot in the valley and we almost Read more

So for the second time in the last month, I found myself standing on top of a 4000m peak today. I’d met Matt and Alex at 6am in town and by just after 7am, we been transported up to the alpine world, via cable car. With warm jackets and glacier kit on, we left the Read more

Managed to have a bit of a rest today. The world cup climbing competition is happening in the town square, so after a good sleep and plenty of food, we caught up with friends while watching some of the qualifying rounds. We seem to be bumping into friends old and new here. While we were Read more

So, somewhat out of the blue, at 06:30 this morning, I found myself heading up to the Aiguille du Midi on the first climbers lift. The whole thing was completely surreal. Our apartment is a stones throw from the cable car station, so I literally had to roll out of bed, pull on some clothes, Read more

There was a relatively late night of packing yesterday as crammed all we could into various bags. In the morning, we said goodbye to this familiar view. I then got a nice reminder on my phone as to what we should do next! For once, the British roads were clear of traffic and before we Read more