Hiking: Jemima Morrell in Switzerland
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, […]
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, […]
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 […]
It was some way down the third run of the day when I finally felt the tension leave me. The hill was gentle and practically empty; the snow was ice-free […]
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 […]
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 […]
We lay in the dim glow of candlelight, listening. The room was shaking. The electricity was out. The plastic table and chairs on the balcony clattered as they were flung […]
“If my 12-year-old nephew can do it, then you can do it.” It was when I was halfway up the first section of vertical rock and my legs began to […]
One of my bug bears about Switzerland is the fact it’s so expensive. Every time I go out to eat I have a minor coronary at the price of a […]
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 […]