Early in March we’d booked to go to Iririki resort which is on a small island a couple of minutes by ferry from the centre of Port Vila, the capital of Vanuatu. Two weeks later the devastating cyclone Pam hit the islands. It was sad to see footage of so much destruction in a place…
Monday morning started fine although the forecast was for cloud and rain to come later in the afternoon. We caught the first cable car to the top of Bellevarde and set out to walk the path called “La Spatule”. This was a path that wrapped around the peak and then descended 800 metres above La…
Early Saturday morning we caught the train from Montbard station as we were heading for Val D’Isère in the French Alps. We’d skied there around 10 years ago and wanted to visit for walking and to experience the resort in summer. The journey was around 7 hours, via Lyon and Chambery to Bourg St Maurice and…