Dôme de Vaugelaz We thought we’d try something a bit different: picking a tour away from the resorts. We decided on a skin up the Dome de Vaugelaz. It’s a climb of a little over 900 metres from the car park at La Thuile, just above Bourg Saint Maurice, to the rounded summit. The ski …
Jonathan has just retired so we’re both now free to enjoy all the action we’ve been planning for several years. We’ve arrived at our apartment in Ste Foy Tarentaise, full of excitement, hoping to ski pretty much every day until May. Ste Foy Chef Lieu is just up the road from Bourg St Maurice and …
A cycle ride across France OK, this is cheating a bit as we did this in 2018, so technically it predates our retirement. But… we thought we’d put it in anyway. Starting in Roscoff (having taken the ferry from Plymouth) we took three weeks to cycle to Italy. First down to the Loire at Nantes, …