Were welcomed into Corsica by Des & Suzi following a pleasant six hour ferry stint. After an entertaining night in Bastia, we dropped them at the airport and headed straight to the beach! Temperatures just shy of thirty degrees and the water warm and turquoise. We dived straight in! Saw some amazing shoals of fish… Read more

Woke to the sound of heavy rain. As we drove away, through glimpses in the clouds, we could see fresh snow on the mountains! Time to move on indeed! Having driven south through continuous torrential rain, we passed through Italy and we are now a mere six hour ferry crossing from Corsica!  Read more

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