Walking in Europe

A blog of Angus and Alison's walking tour of the Tour de Mont Blanc, Via degli Dei the Dobratsch Circuit in Carinthia, Austria, the Dolomites, Venice, and Iceland

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  • Subtitle: The last two days of our TMB! August 3.. This was one of the more challenging days, but we were grateful for the weather and the amazing views of Mont Blanc and the Chamonix valley. But it was one of the hardest days for the elevation gain (around 3000 ft) and a stressful section…

  • The kind of wet start to the day where the sound of intense rain on the tent “dampens” the get-up-and-go mood… But after a slow start and a “linger longer” breakfast and chat with other hikers, the weather eased and we packed up and headed down to the edge of Triente and then began the…

  • Writing tonight from a lovely roadside and trail side campsite at Col de la Forclaz. Basically on the lawn of a lovely mountain hotel where we have booked “half board” (dinner tonight, breakfast in the morning, hot showers). But first a mea culpa… 😀… yesterday we started from La Fouly by taking a bus! The…