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A stroll to Rifugio Velo della Madonna Richard and I were joined by Dave (one of Richard’s friends) for our holiday in the Dolomites. We started our adventure from San Martino di Castrozza, a perfect base for exploring the Pale di San Martino mountains. The general aim of the holiday was to spend as much …
After Switzerland we headed to the Dolomites for two weeks...
Yesterday it snowed, but that didn’t stop us. We went down the Valnontey Valley for a bit of fun, but we forgot the camera. Doh! We commiserated with a traditional Italian Pizza. Today was gloriously sunny, so we decided to try the interesting looking Stella Artice. We’d heard that it had an interesting move through …
We had a quiet day today to rest our muscles. Pete worked on the Tremadog guidebook and I learnt some more French. By early afternoon I was getting cabin fever so I decided we should take a walk up the ‘other’ Cogne valley, the Valnontey valley, to check out the conditions of the routes up …
I got some super tasty and creamy chocolate from my Valentine. Then we went ice climbing...
We took a typical Sterling Alpine start for our first day in Cogne. At 10.30am we left the apartment. We’re actually not staying in Cogne itself, we’re a few miles up the road in a very small and very sleepy village called Lillaz. It’s cold up here, but there is a great view of Mont …
Today we went somewhere new; through the tunnel to the other side of Mont Blanc...
If you were thinking that the last post was without cake, think again!
We were going to Iceland, however we changed our minds at the last minute and headed to Italy instead...
