It’s really turning out to be quite a sociable summer trip. A took the drive up and over the Forclaz Col and down the switchbacks to visit a friend in Switzerland today. We used to work together, when we lived here around 2004. Caroline now lives down in the Rhone Valley, so I didn’t go… Read more

Had a split day today as part of our new lifestyle. I had a free ticket to have a go on the ‘Alpine Coaster’, so we started the day with a bit of summer tobogganing! As you do… (you get dragged to the top of the hill and then wizz down on a little track). … Read more

Wanting to do this trek, but without it being too busy, we caught the second train of the morning up to the Montenvers Railway station above the Mer de Glace. As it turns out, we were a bit too early as, having walked down the the edge of the glacier at 09:15, we found that… Read more

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