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So much for an early start... we overslept! We decided to go ahead with the planned walk anyway, hoping it wouldn't get too hot for me. Although blue skies might be preferable in some ways, in others we were lucky to have white skies all day, and a lovely cool breeze. It was very pleasant.... Continue Reading →
Today we headed south, as Dan and Jackie headed north. We cleaned and packed and, after breakfast, said our goodbyes and set off. Our next stop is La Graves, a small town beneath the Meije glacier, on the northern edge of the Ecrins national park. We're both quite tired today and the journey seemed to... Continue Reading →
We both felt a bit rough first thing this morning after too much red wine last night. A few cups of tea and coffee and some croissants helped though, and by 11.00 we were ready for our hike. We weren't sure whether we'd have time to do the full 4 hour hike up to Mont... Continue Reading →
We had a late night last night, thanks to the people in a nearby chalet having a rowdy party, and some star gazing. We had been hoping to see the perseid meteor shower but there was too much light pollution. I think I saw one shooting star, and my attempts at photographing the night sky... Continue Reading →
It was still raining in Kaprun this morning so our plan to relocate to somewhere sunnier was put into action. We had the obligatory cup of tea in bed, then paid the bill and left the campsite. The journey was long (10 hours overall) but uneventful, apart from getting stuck behind lots of antique Citroens... Continue Reading →
I'm very fed up today. We've had more torrential rain, thunder and lightning, and even some huge hailstones. We tried to visit some ice caves an hour away but the rain made driving difficult and then we ended up in stationary traffic and decided to turn back. We spent the afternoon binge watching Breaking Bad... Continue Reading →
We were quite late going to sleep last night because we lay in bed listening to the thunder rumbling around the neighbouring valleys, and watching the lightning flashes through the windows. This morning it was still very cloudy and damp so, after croissants and coffee for breakfast, we decided to visit the Sigmund-Thun gorge, which... Continue Reading →
We got up early, had our cinnamon rolls and a coffee and then set off to catch the bus up the valley to the cable car station. Here we cheated and got 2 lifts up to the foot of Kitzsteinhorn, a 3200m high mountain, which is covered in glaciers.The cloud was down all the way... Continue Reading →
We had a lazy day today, intending to recover from yesterday's hike and make plans for our week in Kaprun. We woke fairly early but didn't rush to get up, reading and drinking tea in bed. We then had breakfast in the sunshine before finding the footpath along the river into the town.It didn't take... Continue Reading →
We slept until 8.00 today then John woke me up, wanting to beat the Germans to the waterfall! We were the first campervan in the parking area, so we did ok! The day ended up being quite a long because we ended up hiking 24k with 670m of ascent.The waterfall drops 380m over 3 levels,... Continue Reading →
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