Gallivanting on Garda – A Few of the Fab Four’s Favourites!

You are often urged to ‘buy local’ but on our travels, we have discovered that in terms of maps, that can be a serious problem! In Monte Rosa, we had to send off to Stamfords of London to get a detailed, topographical map of the area. On Garda, we could get any number of cyclingContinue reading “Gallivanting on Garda – A Few of the Fab Four’s Favourites!”

A Gad on Garda – ‘The Functional Walk’ along the Sarca River

We leave Campsite Maroadi via the lake entrance and turn left; over the bridge that straddles the slipway and past the watersports centre. We cross a larger bridge over the River Sarca, where it flows into the northern end of Lake Garda. We turn immediately left to join the path along the far side ofContinue reading “A Gad on Garda – ‘The Functional Walk’ along the Sarca River”

A Life Lesson Learned on a 3000ft Cliff – Via Ferrata Michielli Strobel, Dolomites, Italy

I felt like I was about to be hanged. A sleepless night had been a lurid maelstrom of technicolour possibilities; dreams of wibbling on a busy route; being stuck with no option to go back; an exposed move at the top of The Ladder; falling, being inverted by the weight of my rucksack, pulled out ofContinue reading “A Life Lesson Learned on a 3000ft Cliff – Via Ferrata Michielli Strobel, Dolomites, Italy”

Royal Cats & Dogs Portraits – Pawsome Pressie Ideas!

I love giving presents – the more thoughtful and unique the pressie, the greater my pleasure. Such things take time. I’m not going to start scare-mongering about it being only two months until Christmas. I certainly won’t be singing carols or decorating the tree, but I do plan to help you with some benefactions forContinue reading “Royal Cats & Dogs Portraits – Pawsome Pressie Ideas!”