A fabulous few days exploring a bit of Somerset with various family residents. The weather has been splendidly warm, so rather than drive to the south coast (we’ve spent too much time in the car recently), we researched what nearby rivers might offer a good place for a cool down. A short (20mins from where Read more

A two day dash through Devon and Cornwall to sample some of the delights of British summer time at the beach! Ha ha! Arrived on the south Cornish coast hoping for breakfast on the beach… After a rather wet drive, at least it was only drizzle by the time we got there… Wally look us Read more

A final drive north along the French toll roads got us to Calais in time to catch our ferry. The weather was pretty rough, but luckily we got across the channel before the worst of the summer storms arrived. It was a wet and bumpy crossing, but over soon enough. Driving out into Dover, we Read more

With a shaky forecast remaining for the foreseeable future, we said our farewells to the Otztal Valley, and headed north, through Litchenstien and across another border into Switzerland. Just outside Zurich, as promised, the weather picked up and we ended the long drive with a refreshing swim in Greigensee.  From there, we continued over to Read more

We had a bit of everything today and must have changed our plans at least ten times to fit around the various ‘conditions’ of the day. It all worked out brilliantly in the end though.  Believe it or not, when we wok up in the morning, it was raining and the valley was full of Read more

Just up the valley from where we are staying is the ski town of Solden, which is home to the start of teh highest tarmaced road in the EU. The ‘Gletscherstrasse’ can take you up to a top car park height of a whopping 2800m in about fifteen minutes. It sounded much better that walking, Read more