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We should probably be thinking of moving further north towards our ferry. However it is lovely here by Lake Annecy, the sun is shining and well, what is the hurry. We went into the picturesque Spar shop in the village complete with nitrogen cooled vegetables display and stocked up on some lovely fresh supplies andContinue reading “Staying put – Duingt, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France”

Having arrived the evening before and stayed in at the campsite for a barbecue. This morning we were keen to walk down to the shore of Lake Annecy and see the view. So for our morning dog walk we headed into the medieval village of Duingt complete with 2 castles. Chateauxvieux (Old castle) from theContinue reading “Cycle to Annecy – Duingt, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France”

Wow, what a day. I am not sure I have superlatives enough to describe our day today. We had booked into to visit the engineering marvel which is the Téléphérique de l’Aiguille du Midi. A two-part cable car journey, first to the Plan de l’Aiguille station at 2317m. Then second section, which has a spanContinue reading “Ascending Mont Blanc on the Aiguille du Midi and on to Lac D’Annecy – Duingt, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France”

The plan for this morning was to visit the Montenvers train which visits the Mer de Glace (Sea of Ice) glacier at 1913m on the Mont Blanc Massif. The forecast was for rain and cloud all day today and so some of the things we planned which needed good visibility were out. We chose whichContinue reading “Cloud cover and maintenance – Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France”

Start Elevation – 1670m, End Elevation – 1030m. Max Elevation – 2642m, Min. Elevation – 290m Approx daily change in elevation – 3448m We were awake really early in anticipation of our trip over Col du Galibier. we had got an early night lulled to sleep by the sounds of the river running over stonesContinue reading “Up to the top and back again, Col de Galibier, La Plagne – Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France”

This morning started slowly as we set about doing some forward planning as our time remaining is getting low and there is so much more we would like to see. This turned into a session looking for ski-in/ski-out aires for the ski season in our next trip. That lead to yet more places we wouldContinue reading “Wild Camping – Le Pied du Col, Alpe du Haut Provence, France”

Start Elevation = 1260, Finish Elevation = 2060m This morning’s job was to fully stock up on supplies before we head to the mountains for some camping. So grey water was dumped at drainage at the aire we were staying. Groceries from the Carrefour down the road. We thought we could get LPG there butContinue reading “Alpine Beauty and Glaciers – Col du Lautaret, Alpe de Haut Provence, France”

Starting altitude – 560m, Final altitude – 1260m I am not going to lie, last night was one of the toughest yet. It was 34 degrees in the van through the afternoon, by 10pm it was still 28 degrees and around 40% humidity. By 1am it was still at 25 degrees. The electric on theContinue reading “Up, up and away – Briançon, Alpes de Haute Provence, France”

This morning we were out before breakfast to make the most of the (slightly) cooler morning. Two expresso in the café with the other locals contemplating their shop at the Saturday market. The Sisteron market is arrange around the clock tower (l’Horlage). Along with the abundant local fruit and vegetables piled high on the marketContinue reading “Market and Citadel – Sisteron, Alpes de Haute Provence, France”

As was forecast this morning, it just started to drizzle as we did a quick dog walk for the last time in Castellane. Just what we hoped for there was thick cloud and light rain! We had hoped to do the Sentier des Siréniens hike whilst in Castellane but the 28-31 degrees C we hadContinue reading “Lovely day for a walk in the rain – Sisteron, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France”