We left home in Valerie to have a bit of fun in Europe before Simon starts his contract in Jersey. We started with a trip to London to drop off essentials for daughter and to pick up bits that needed transportation to Switzerland. We already had the bear on board, which looked more than a bit dodgy - like a dead body blanketed and tied up in the back!
Thursday 30th
We had headed for Dover and stayed overnight at Keat Farm It rained heavily all night, which made sleep quite difficult. We were tired in the morning but were treated to cloudless skies, which made things better. Across on the ferry and we started to plod through France. The weather soon turned and was very wet, so we decided to go straight to the chalet rather than stay over in torrential rain. We did half the journey on the Peage and then turned off for a prettier route, but the weather didn't get any better. We stopped at Le Lion D'or, a lovely little Pizzeria that we've been to before, at La Cluse et Mijoux,just before the Swiss Border.
The border check was non existant, which was probably just as well, seeing that we had the bear and lots of other stuff for the chalet in the back - and we didn't want to pay customs duty on what was probably £2k worth of stuff (or have to explain the apparent lifeless and mummified dead body that was the bear in the back!).
Friday 1st
After a long lie in, the first morning at the chalet didn't look that promising weather wise so we went down the mountain into Sion for some provisions and to get some better pillows, as the camping ones I had brought were useless. By lunchtime the sun was shining and it was pleasantly warm. Once back at chalet we walked up to the next ski stage and had a couple of beers at the little bar we always go to, before walking back to cook a fondue - lovely!
Saturday 2nd
Today we went walking in the Mountains and the weather was just beautiful. We tried to get to Mont Rouge (at 3000 metres) from Thyon, but we had to turn back when we were almost there. The combination of the altitude, tiredness and the fact I hadn't done this for a while got the better of me but it was lovely.
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| From Europe in Valerie |
We walked most of the day, so in the evening we did supper and TV. Tomorow we'll re pack Valerie and sort the water leak we seem to have under the sink. If the weather is nice we'll walk and set up a picnic to try out our outdoor cooker. The weather forecast for Italy is not good for Monday/Tuesday, so we'll check it nearer the time to determine where we are going.
We weren't sleeping in Valerie here, but if we were then we'd wake up looking straight to the Matterhorn.
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