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 […]
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 […]
