Back from the alpine meadows late last night. Took a walk out from The Cottage this morning to find that there’s plenty of colour along the tracksides here too.  Then spent a very relaxing afternoon and evening soaking up some sun at the beach, as well as spotting a few more flowers along the way.. Read more

The day dawned clear. After a hearty hut breakfast, we set off into the cool of the morning, on our last day of Dolomiti Trekking.  Having gained most of our height yesterday, today we could enjoy the views without anywhere near as much sweating as the path was mainly flat or downhill. The tail took… Read more

A journey through the Kingdom of Fanes – through forests, over deep ravines, across high alpine meadows and with a very close encounter with a thunder storm!  Having packed up our base camp in Cortina d’Aprezzo, we set off carrying small packs with sleeping bags and overnight gear for a stay at the Fanes Refugio.… Read more

Did a cool little trek today up to a Lake called Croda de Lago. Without having to gain too much height, we traversed into the area and got some great views along the way. The view of the famous ‘Five Towers’ was really good. Apparently, the one on the right is slowly moving so pretty… Read more

Early afternoon storms forced us down early today from up on the ridge of the Col Rosa. It’s a cool little isolated peak just north of Cortina and our campsite. It was a really steep climb up the east side of the peak (and there’s an impressive via Ferrata on the south face). It was… Read more

The classic walk of the Dolomites today! A grand circuit walk around the majestic three peaks. Absolutely stunning scenery in every direction and thankfully not enough snow to give us any problems. There were a few rumbles of thunder in the distance though, that kept us moving over the last kilometre!  All safely back at… Read more