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Category Archives: Italy
TMB Day 7, Rifugio Bonatti to La Fouly
July 25, 2019 After a good night’s sleep we got up at 7 am, packed up a bit, and then went up to breakfast. We were almost the last ones there but there was still a lot of food. It … Continue reading
Posted in Italy, Switzerland
Tagged Grand Col Ferret, La Fouly, La Peule, raclette, Rifugio Bonatti, Tour du Mont Blanc, Val Ferret
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TMB Day 6, Courmayeur to Rifugio Bonatti
July 24, 2019 The Hotel Bouton d’Or had an excellent breakfast and we made the most of it. They had eggs, meats, fruit compote, yogurt, sweet breads, cherry tomatoes—you name it, they had it. This gave us a good start … Continue reading
Posted in Italy
Tagged Courmayeur, Rifugio Bertone, Rifugio Bonatti, Tour de Mont Blanc
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TMB Day 5, Rifugio Elisabetta to Courmayeur
July 23, 2019 With no curtains on our window the sun shone in at 6:30 am, so we decided to get up. We packed up our bags and headed down for breakfast. The breakfast was the worst we had had … Continue reading
Posted in Italy
Tagged Courmayeur, Dolonne, Hotel Bouton d’Or, marmot, Rifugio Elisabetta, Tour du Mont Blanc
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TMB Day 4, La Ville des Glaciers to Rifugio Elisabetta
July 22, 2019 We had set the alarm for 7 am, since our bus was leaving at 8:30 am. But at 5 am our neighbours started to pack up and leave. It was well-nigh impossible to sleep with all the … Continue reading
Posted in France, Italy
Tagged Alpine Exploratory, Col de Seigne, Rifugio Elisabetta, Tour du Mont Blanc, Val Veny, wheatear
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Europe, 2016
This was supposed to be our summer hiking holiday in Europe (including Britain of course). The hiking was less than satisfactory due to Rosemary’s injured knee, but as usual we made the best of things. We stayed for about ten … Continue reading
Posted in Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland
Tagged Aiguille du Midi, Alexis Bouvard, Annecy, Blauherd, Branscombe, Brexit, Buckfast, castles, cathedral, chamois, Chamonix, cheese, Climbers' Chapel, cog railway, Coop, Courmayeur, cruise, Dartington, Domino's, Donkey sanctuary, eggs, Euro 2016, Exeter, Geneva, Gruyères, Hackney, houchard, ibex, Interlaken, Kew Gardens, La Flégère, Lac Blanc, Lac Combal, Lac d'Annecy, Lanhydrock, Lausanne, Lauterbrunnen, Lavaux, Les Contamines, Les Houches, London, marmot, Matterhorn, Mont Blanc, Mont Blanc Tunnel, Montreux, Old Prison, pizza, rösti, Saint Gervais, scaffolding, Schwarzsee, Sidmouth, Sion, SNCF, Solpadol, Staubbach Falls, Stechelberg, Sunnegga, Sutton House, tartiflette, Totnes, Tour de France, Tour du Mont Blanc, Trümmelbach Falls, tunnels, Val Veny, Valais Blackneck, Wengen, Z'mutt, Zermatt
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