A quick (nordic) walk in the woods near home. We ticked one of the local geocaches at the same time, GCTDZF. It’s All Saints day of course and Halloween last night so there were a series of pumpkins around the woods with faces carved in.

Learning from the day before that it’s turning cold we picked a location right down on the valley floor today and it was excellent. I’ve not climbed at Yvorne before but I think I’ll be going back. It’s set up above the local vineyards about 20 minutes...

I’d planned to meet Steve (Mountain River Adventures) at Pierre de Moëlle near Leysin for some rock climbing there but when I arrived it was pretty clear it was going to be too cold to be very much fun. I know the area a little but I wasn’t sure where...

I thought I’d share this with you all in case you’re in the same situation as we are. Looking at our Sierre Energie bill for last month I was struck by how high the internet/phone charge is, it’s been the same level since we took the service a few...

Lunch and a short stroll around Saint-Luc, it’s great, great weather at the moment and the autumn colours are really beginning to show. We took a path down I’ve not been on in summer and it was really excellent, I’d always though that particular path...