Today is Swiss National Day – a public holiday, and a great excuse to let off some fireworks. For us, it’s a fitting finale to a most splendid July spent in the country and feels like a bit of a ‘send off’. Tomorrow we say goodbye to Switzerland and are off to Italy, then to… Read more

View from the summit of Piz dal Pal Tower We’ve been climbing up in the Albigna Valley today. Such a great place to be – high up in the mountains, surrounded by glaciers and golden granite spires – its amazing that you can get there so easily from the valley. You have been warned! Today’s… Read more

Bernina Pass Rainbow Over the Albula Pass Let’s go climbing in Switzerland – Yeah, that sounds like a plan! I think we should drive there – but not in the van. I fear that high passes or a steep mountain road, Could put strain on the engine, and make it explode! And even if we… Read more

Is that rain in the air?! Caught out in a downpour! Against all the odds, we managed to get ourselves between the clouds, feel a bit of sunshine and even get up a couple of nice pitches of rock climbing! After scanning a few weather forecasts, we nipped into Valdret da Morteratsch. There were black… Read more

Clare on the ridge route, Eldelweiss Climbing in the Engadine today – at Plaun da Lej – just outside St Moritz. It’s been a warm day overall, but few showers swept through the valley in the early afternoon threatening to spoil the fun. A nice overhanging bit of rock at the base of the crag,… Read more

Went easy on the legs today, and took a cable car up to the Albigna Dam (possibly the best value eighteen Swiss Francs you could ever spend!). From there, it’s a short stroll over an area of granite cliffs, called Spazzacaldeira. We climbed the NE Ridge, which was billed as a three star classic and… Read more