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 […]
La Fouly to Champex
This, says “Trekking, the Tour of Mont Blanc”, is the easiest stage of the TMB. Looking at the stats, it […]
Rifugio Bonatti to La Fouly
Tom was hard to rouse this morning. He blamed being cold overnight in our somewhat austere three bed room. We […]
Courmayeur to Rifugio Bonatti
The guide says this is the toughest and most spectacular stage of the TMB and having just finished it, I […]
Cabin du Combale – Courmayeur
Good morning Italy. Our bedroom windows this morning framed perfect little landscapes of green hills and distant snowy peaks soaring […]
Les Mottets to Cabin du Combal
The sky was bright and clear when we got up for our unfeasably early breakfasts. The sun was lighting the […]
Les Contamines – Refuge de Mottets
They do a good breakfast at the Hotel Chemenaz. So good that we each had at least three. But after […]
