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Yesterday we had a lovely day packrafting on Hallstātter See. I’d read that Hallstatt was a pretty place, with16th century alpine houses, so we thought we’d park up on the lake and paddle to see the town from the lake. I did fancy visiting the salt mines there too, but we didn’t get around to... Continue Reading →
We’ve been ‘proper tourists’ today, cruising up and down Wolfgangsee, sipping wine and beer. After a lie in, we walked round the hill between the campsite and the town of Strobl to catch the ferry. The path was beautiful, contouring the hillside, above the blue-green water of the lake. We saw the ferry coming into... Continue Reading →
We’re arrived in St Wolfgang on Thursday. It was a bit too early to check into the campsite so we had a wander round the town, picked up leaflets in tourist information and had lunch. St Wolfgang is a pretty town on Wolfgangsee, with narrow streets, lovely chalet hotels with colourful window boxes, and charming... Continue Reading →
We've stayed in Valle del Mis for two nights to prepare for our 7-day trek through the Dolomites on Alta Via 1, a long distance hike. The journey here was about 3 hours but felt longer. Lots of Italian drivers either seem incredibly slow and cautious.. even holding us up in Bertie... or completely mad...... Continue Reading →
Bertie’s done all the hard work today as we’ve travelled 175 kilometres round hairpin bends and over mountain passes to our next campsite at Toblachersee in Italy. We chose to travel via the Grossglockner High Alpine Road, which is the highest surfaced mountain pass road in Austria. It is 48 kilometres long with 36 bends,... Continue Reading →
It rained all night and the forecast for today wasn’t much better, so we’ve had a relaxing day in Bad Gastein. We got the bus to the top of the town then wandered down the steep streets and along the river to see bits of the Gasteiner Ache that we missed yesterday… the top and... Continue Reading →
We woke early and set off to Austria, a journey of around 4 hours. As we got closer to the mountains, it started to rain heavily. I’m not sure what it is about us and Austria, but the same thing happened last time we were here and we ended up leaving after a week and... Continue Reading →
I tossed and turned all night on the ferry, finally giving up trying to sleep at 4.30. At 5.30 an announcement came over the tannoy that the restaurant was open for breakfast so we rose and tried to shine. Then it was time to go back to Bertie and disembark. Bertie with the big boys... Continue Reading →
We had an uneventful journey from home to Harwich. It took about 6 hours with a stop for something to eat. On arriving, we had a wander round the historic town for a couple of hours. Then we had a lovely meal before catching the ferry, and John was pleased to have a pint of... Continue Reading →
We’ve waited for this trip for a long time. At Christmas 2019, we booked 5 mountain refuges to hike a section of Alta Via Uno in the Italian Dolomites during summer 2020. However, along came Covid and the world sat still. The trip was put on hold and the bookings moved to August 2021. Like... Continue Reading →
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