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The Tour de Mont Blanc Diaries Day 1 – Champex Lac to Ferret and a walk in...
Our train from Geneva airport skirted around Lake Lausanne heading for Martigny on a journey that would take us back to Champex Lac, where we had ended our Tour de Mont Blanc walk last year. There’ s...
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The Tour de Mont Blanc Diaries Day 2 – Ferret to Rifugio Elena and over the...
The first day of our walk on the Tour de Mont Blanc had taken us through Alpine meadows and pretty hamlets, but we hoped that today would take us up into wilder terrain and over the high mountain pass...
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The TMB Diaries Day 3 – Mont Blanc from the Italian side – Rifugio Elena to...
For walkers like us on the Tour de Mont Blanc, the routine was “early to bed and early to rise”. But as we left our bedroom in Rifugio Elena for breakfast at 7.30am, the cleaner was waiting outside...
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Walking the Tour de Mont Blanc – my video diary 2012
The forecast was good and my friend Julia and I were full of excitement to be walking for the third year on the Tour de Mont Blanc, as we set off from Chalet Bon Abri in Switzerland. We’d decided to...
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The Tour de Mont Blanc Diaries Day 1 & 2 – Courmayeur to Chapieux and over...
Here we go again on the Tour de Mont Blanc! This was the fourth (and we hoped the final) year that my friend Julia and I were back in the Alps, walking a section of the Tour de Mont Blanc. The TMB is...
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The Tour de Mont Blanc Diaries Day 3, 4 & 5 – Chapieux to Les Houches and we...
The second half of my walk on the Tour de Mont Blanc earlier this September took me and my friend Julia over high mountain passes, with panoramic views of the peaks and valleys surrounding us, as well...
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Our winter weekend in Paris – the food, the sights, the video
Let me take you along on our pre-Christmas weekend break in Paris with a round-up of everything that we enjoyed. We had winter blue skies and walked everywhere we could, enjoyed plenty of delicious...
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How to have a perfect weekend break in Copenhagen
I’ve been to Copenhagen not one, not two, but three times now. In the world of weekend breaks it’s unusual for me to be drawn back to a place when there are so many new destinations vying for my...
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South Tyrol – our final days hiking in the Dolomites
It’s become a tradition for my friend Julia and I to spend a few days walking each year, and last September we were testing ourself in the Rosengarten range, part of the Dolomites of South Tyrol. I’ve...
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The Mercure Bristol Grand Hotel – where heritage meets street art
In the heart of Bristol’s old city, you’ll find the Mercure Bristol Grand Hotel. It’s just a stone’s throw from Corn Street, where Bristol’s merchants would gather to make their deals and pay ‘on the...
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