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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- Trail’s End
- Along Iceland’s South Coast
- The Beauty of Iceland
- Four Days in Venice
- Tre Cime di Lavaredo
- Lago di Braises and Cinque Torri
- A night out at 9500 feet
- Val Gardena and the Secëda Ridge
- Into the Südtirol; the beautiful Dolomites
- Grateful in Graz ❤️
- We ❤️ Salzburg
- Nötsch – Arnoldstein – Warmbad; a wrap on the Dobratsch
- To Villach, Austria and the Dobratsch Rundwanderweg
- Trieste, Italy
- Last Day in Florence
- Falling for Florence
- Trails end at Palazzo Vecchio, Firenze (Florence).
- Heart of Tuscany: Castello del Trebbio, olive groves, Monte Senario
- Cross of Monte Gazzaro – Sant’ Agata – San Piero A Sieve
- Beech forests and Roman roads
- Madonna dei Fornelli
- Sasso Marconi – Brento – Moduno: into the Apennines.
- Bologna to Sasso Marconi; first leg of the Via degli Dei
- Buongiorno from Bologna!
- Tre le Champ-La Flagere-Brevent and a TMB wrap
- Col de la Forclaz to Col de Balme: Switzerland into France
- Two days in the steep Swiss woods: La Fouly to Col de la Forclaz
- Courmayeur to La Fouly: Italy to Switzerland
- Elisabetta-Courmayeur-Bonatti
- From France to Italy over the Col de la Seigne
- Feet over the Cols
- Lunch in Les Contamines-Montjoie
- Chamonix campsite
- Now in Chamonix, France
- Leaving in the morning!
- A packing dry run
- Hello everyone!
- The book “The Path of Peace” by Sir Anthony Seldon launches November 1st, 2022
- Great article in the Oct. 9th, 2022 Sunday Telegraph By Sally Howard
- Back in Nelson BC!
Category: Western Front Way posts
Blog posts from the Western Front Way
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Spotty wifi so a very quick post. Very enjoyable ride yesterday through villages and undulating bike paths from Saint Die to Luneville. We were joined by three French cyclists Marie Francois, Denis, and Yvres all in their 70s who completed the 71km ride with us! More details and pics to come, but the most moving…
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Huge shout out today to Alice (cousin) and Tam (cousin-in-law!) who are looking after us so well with all the logistics, support, cheers as we made each stage, and the amazing nourishment! And great company of WFW rider companions, Neil, Theo, Tom, Howard, Tony! Nigel not yet arrived up this set of eight switchbacks. And…
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Today was a combination of fabulous scenery, landscapes and villages, distance and elevation gain (105 kms, and about 1600m vertical), and solemn and moving historical sites relevant to the Via Sacra.. legs are bit spent tonight, but the heart is full… We started today in Guebwiller with an early start and a lovely ride through…