Mountains! Mountains! (And moochers)

The Mont Blanc Moochers have been excited by the thought of walking in the Mont Blanc (referred to from here as “MB”) region since late last year when we planned it a the top of the Kangaroo Point cliffs, though we are not over-optimistic about the level of fitness of we four mature ladies. Hence the Facebook Messenger group name. 

How many ways do I like the Cinqueterre?

Off to have a swim at Manarola

This 30 km stretch of north-west Italian coast - a world-heritage listed tourist magnet - is notorious for piazzas packed to the gills with global day trippers, overpriced beer and heaving masses of Chinese tourists. But.....

Great days in Grasmere

At Thorney How: ready for those hills

There are so many dreadful ways of spending the May Bank Holiday in this tourist mecca village in the Lake District: trying to get a car park within 4 km of the town; standing in a long long line at the Famous Gingerbread Shop; standing in another line to visit Wordsworth’s Dove Cottage only to find that it is being renovated within an inch of its life in time for the 2020 bicentary and all you can see are container offices, scaffolding and hoardings; being charged $8 for a dreadful English coffee....