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Finally, this morning, it started snowing gently. Sean and Dave, the leaders of our snowshoe trip, advised us to pack our snowshoes, as well as our spikes, as we headed up the Frader Alm Valley. The plan was to learn how to use our avalanche transceivers (although the risk was low today), practise avalanche rescues,... Continue Reading →
After breakfast, we decided to have a short walk up a side valley, to Frader Alm, a summer farm in the foothills of the mountains. We left Almi’s and, once we left the road, put on our spikes and followed a babbling river uphill. The ice formations in the water were beautiful. Water had frozen... Continue Reading →
We left the Airbnb and, after a short bus ride, arrived at Almi’s Berghotel in the Obernberg valley. We have a lovely room with a balcony and a view of the beautiful little church. We settled in and, after lunch, decided to have a short walk. It was such a lovely day that it turned... Continue Reading →
Today we’d planned to walk to the Bergeralm ski area, take 2 lifts up to the top of the mountain and then walk along the ridge to a couple of peaks, Nösslachjoch and Eggerberg (both around 2230 metres high). Unfortunately, the second gondola wasn’t running today and walkers aren’t allowed on the top chairlift so,... Continue Reading →
After a leisurely morning, we once again took the bus to Trins. However, this time we stayed on until the end of the road past Gschnitz. There was more snow than there was in Trins and it was colder because the valley is narrower and receives less sunshine. Now and then (then image taken from... Continue Reading →
We had a much needed good sleep and a lie in with a cup of tea. Then, once washed and dressed, we wandered down to the supermarket to do a little shopping for food for breakfasts and lunches for the week. Eventually, after a late breakfast, we walked back down to town to catch the... Continue Reading →
We enjoyed snowshoeing with the Austrian Alpine Club last winter so, when the opportunity arose, we jumped at the chance to do it again this year. Having packed all our kit… rucksacks, boots, gaiters, trekking poles, snowshoes, avalanche transceivers, shovels and probes and so on… we set off for Manchester airport. We had an early... Continue Reading →
On Tuesday, after a straightforward autoroute drive of just under 5 hours, we parked up on the aire in St Omer. We’d noticed that the weather forecast for Thursday, when we were due to sail back to the UK, is for storms. Therefore, we rang DFDS and changed the ferry to early evening on Wednesday.... Continue Reading →
I woke with a slight hangover which, thankfully disappeared after some tea and coffee. Unfortunately, it was raining so we didn't visit the Vauban fort in Neuf-Brisach... another time. This is the first time we’ve heard rain in almost a month! The drive was straightforward, as is usual on French toll roads. That said, we... Continue Reading →
We set off from Aosta fairly early, with a plan to drive right across Switzerland into Germany, to stay in Freiburg. It sounds a beautiful place to visit but, when I checked the details for the aire in the town, I found it’s not available when the football club is playing at home and, when... Continue Reading →
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