Glacier 3000: On top of the world
“I’m not that impressed, I’ve seen better,” says my boyfriend Matt. I’m surprised, to say the least, because the spread of mountains before me, a jagged horizon above a bath […]
“I’m not that impressed, I’ve seen better,” says my boyfriend Matt. I’m surprised, to say the least, because the spread of mountains before me, a jagged horizon above a bath […]
It was meant to be a five-hour hike and we’d been going for more than that already. We’d gained 1,000m of elevation, had just trudged through snow to the top […]
Switzerland isn’t short of a view. But, here in the Val d’Anniviers above Sierre, this one was particularly impressive. I was standing on a thin ridge, with the rough hiking […]
It’s a warm day in mid June, but some snow still lies in slushy puddles on this low alpine trail in Switzerland. We’ve been hiking for a couple of hours, […]
My eyebrows shoot up as I look out from my hotel window, expecting a serene, flawless Swiss morning scene, and instead see two bare bums. It seems my travelling companions […]
It was always going to be tough. I’m not a regular cyclist – although I enjoy it – and neither am I very fit, though I’d like to be. So […]
The last time I sat on a toboggan I was probably about four years old. Now, more than 20 (ok, 30) years later, I’m careering down a mountain on a […]
Anyone visiting Switzerland knows that it’s the peaks and troughs that make the land so special: hiking is a national pastime, everyone skis from the age of four and taking […]
The Swiss aren’t famous for their transport system for nothing. Last weekend in Lucerne I was shown exactly why we should all bow down before it, not just because of […]
The Swiss, I have come to realise, are sticklers for crossing the road correctly. They wait diligently for the green man, even if there’s no traffic coming, and wouldn’t think […]