I fell in love. Seriously, the whole of the North Downs Way is nice, but this last section to Dover is simply SPECTACULAR! If you live in London, or anywhere in the South East then it is so easy to get to this amazing walk. You HAVE to jump on a train and try it. We actually walked it several weeks ago on a perfect sunny Sunday in May. But since then I have been crazily busy getting ready to…
Plattkofel (otherwise known as Sasplat or Sassopiatto) is the last mountain I was really, really hoping we could climb. However, when we awoke on our final walking day, we could see there was new snow and ice on Plattkofel’s peak. It was also pretty misty. I was still keen, but my husband Marc is more sensible. He said it’d be daft to attempt such a high, steep peak in the mist, especially as it was icy. He put his foot down, saying I…
The one problem with holidays near mountains is you can NEVER predict the weather! It’s kind of cool because each day you spend in the mist makes you really, really appreciate the stunning views when the mountains finally decide to show their faces. Anyway we had the BEST POSSIBLE day walking along Schlern/Sciliar’s ridge the previous day. So I can’t complain about one seriously soggy day in Ortisei. It was sort of a relief to wake up to terrible weather….
The Fourth day of our walking holiday was one of the best days of my life! Schlern/Sciliar was the first Dolomite that we saw on the drive over to Kastelruth and we’d seen it peeking out of the clouds every so often throughout the week so far. I wanted to get to the top and walk along that ridge soooo much! But the weather forecast didn’t look too promising. We woke up early (just in case) but it was really…