We get to the Vogel gondola by 8.30am but still it’s busy, the car park crowded. A young woman by me complains at her inability to get near the window to get a good picture. I’m quite glad I can’t see out. As the cable rolls over the top of a tower, the car sways, […]
Tag: Hiking
On The Edge
Drive south out of Sheffield on the A625 and there’s a point, just as you leave behind the buildings, when the road swings and your vision is filled with hills ahead of you. At this time of year they are glorious with the pink and purple of heather and the bright green of bracken. Behind, […]
In the Dordogne
Walking in the Dordogne is not as easy as we’d thought. There are many distractions and detour options – cafes, ancient monuments, more chateaux – it is hotter than we could have imagined, and the route is not always obvious. We expected heat but France is experiencing a particularly good summer – fine if we […]