Bicycles everywhere An early start as we wanted to avoid the afternoon sun. We caught a bus then a coach to get to Tromello for 8.30. The...

Lombardy A short day in prospect. We had a late start and grabbed a coffee as we left Mortara. It is a nice town with some really grand...

Doing a double We were up early to catch the bus back to Vercelli. Breakfast number 1 was at the Tower B&B which we followed with a...

Rice It was forecast to rain on and off today, but we were lucky and stayed dry all day. We left the apartment in Roppolo for the last...

Irrigation The weather forecast promises a hot day, but today's stage is quite short so the plan is to be finished in time for a...

Geology We took a rest day yesterday, so today began with a short trip back to Ivrea. We spent a little while looking around and got...

Into Piemonte It took a while to get going today so we didn’t start in Pont St. Martin until noon. The first sections of the trail were...

Breezy An easy day in prospect with a 20km walk down the valley. We slept well and had a good breakfast before setting off before 9....

Climbing down the valley We did a lot of walking today and somehow didn’t make that much progress. The path today climbed up and down the...

Castles Today we planned an easy day starting with catching the bus back towards the pass then walking the last section back to Aosta. We...

Roman ruins It was raining heavily when we woke so we ran to the bar on the corner. We took a coffee and croissant and planned our day. ...

A gloomy day in the rain The forecast predicted rain all day so we had breakfast and resigned ourselves for a long damp descent. The...

Over the pass to Italy The weather forecast said that it would rain after lunch so we were up and out promptly. We had breakfast in a...

La Route Napoleon Today is uphill from the start to the finish in the last village before the border. It's quite a short day, made easier...

Martigny and the start of the Alps The first of three days of serious uphill. We had a very good breakfast at the B&B and set off at...

Saint-Maurice and a Spa It was cool again overnight and we sense a change in the weather so decided to press on over the next few days to...

Smoke on the water It was cool overnight but we slept well and were out by 8.15 for a 20k ish day. We will be leaving the lake at...

UNESCO Today's plan was to enjoy a gentle walk of around 20km along the north shore of Lac Leman. We left the hotel and walked through a...

Lakeside The plan today was to take advantage of the extensive and free transport. We left our heavy bags in the hotel and took the tram...

The Olympic Museum An easy day looking around Lausanne. Travel on public transport is free for visitors. The hotel prints you a pass to...