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

Category: Western Front Way posts

Blog posts from the Western Front Way

  • A new challenge: headwinds! September 17…. Sommepy Tahure through Reims and along the Chemins des Dames and WNW to Laffaux. Chillier today with Autumn in the air. A relentless and blustery headwind challenged our progress of 116 kms, but it was a lovely ride along the Canal de l’Aisne a Marne and then up along…

  • Today was a wonderful day, long in the saddle (113kms) but very meaningful in terms of the number of memorials and stops of interest related to the Western Front. But perhaps the most impactful and emotional for me was the Verdun Douaumont Memorial. The shear numbers of young people who died was staggering: combined casualties…

  • It has been so great to spend this time with such lovely people!