I was briefly aware of a distant muezzin at dawn but slept on for another hour or so, until sunlight […]
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Richard Lister
Down low, up high.
We turned the light off last night with the sound of the rushing falaj beneath us, though this stopped around […]
Deeper into the mountains
It was a muggy night in our little room with a fan humming and ticking from the ceiling. So we […]
Mountains
To the Lebanese cafe for breakfast. “No coffee, so sorry”.. OK so back to the juices then and omelette with […]
Muscat
Does anywhere sound more exotic than “Muscat”? It summons images of camel trains arriving from the Empty Quarter, traders from […]
Oman
We are reclining on cushions spread beneath a palm frond roof. One end of it is supported by a twisted […]
TMB Last Day: Refuge Lac Blanc – Les Houches
The last day of this magnificent walk began with bright sunshine and as picture perfect a view through the window […]
Argentiere to Refuge Lac Blanc
As we lay-in to the extraordinarily decadent hour of 8.30 this morning we were all glad not to have stayed […]
Trient to Argentiere
We woke to overcast skies for the first time in days. The cloud obscured the mountains and all looked rather […]
Champex to Trient
We are sitting in our room in the Hotel Grande Ourse in Trient listening to the wind groaning outside. It […]
