Stepped out into a mountain panorama this morning. A bus ride followed, then a quick flight back from Geneva… This meant that there was still plenty of time for bike ride down to the seaside in the afternoon from The Cottage! Having touched down in a dull, grey Liverpool, I was delighted to find Wales bathed in Read more

We had planned on doing a day tour today, but instead, I had a day whizzing around the pistes of Les Houche. After the efforts of the previous few days, we had a nice breakfast together before all going our separate ways. The lifts were not busy, so I managed to clock up some good mileage… I Read more

It’s amazing how scenery can change. Yesterday morning I was enjoying a big breakfast in a country house hotel in Cheshire. This morning, I was setting off up a Swiss mountainside, with skis on my feet, and rope and rucksack on back. Given the extraordinary (very hot!) temperatures, we had decided to aim for the Read more

Our companions in the hut left first, while I was still bundled up, dozing under a pile of blankets. The warmth of the fire had died with the embers and I woke feeling cold. Amidst the clattering of pans, and heavy ski-booted footfall, the two Swiss guys made quite a racket as they staggered around in the dark Read more

Knowing that by bed time I’d be in the French Alps, I enjoyed a long, large and leisurely cooked breakfast in the very grand Thornton Hall with Clare. By three thirty, after a bit of shopping I was parked up at Liverpool Airport where the temperature had reached record levels for this time of year.  Read more

It feels like we’ve bypassed Spring and gone straight to summer here in North Wales. Flowers are blooming and the temperature has been hovering around 18°C all weekend!  On Saturday morning we did our first ‘Park Run’ which was great fun. The run goes around the castle grounds at Penrhyn, which is somewhere I’ve never Read more