150 years of the Swiss Alpine Club
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 […]
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 may not have any coastline, but the shores of Lac Léman have a seaside feel at times: ice cream vendors, Sunday strollers, kids playing in the fountains – and […]
It’s not often you get to wear a wine glass round your neck and are actively encouraged to drink as much wine as you like while hiking 5km. I say […]
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 got one of the best lakefronts on Lake Geneva – no wonder the inhabitants of Lausanne like to spend time hanging about down the hill in Ouchy. Chatting, rollerblading, […]
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 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 mountains turn people a bit crazy,” said the farmer’s wife as her husband filled up our water bottles from a cattle trough. Given we’d just attempted to hike down […]