Talk Morgan Forums Community The Malvern Arms Off to Caramulo

Blue skies returned to Grindelwald this morning;



At the Col du Grand St Bernard;



In amongst the peaks, somewhere on the Cormet de Roselend road;



Somewhere else on the Cormet de Roselend road;



Peaks peeking over the hills;

Blimey, it's just like Scotland without the midges, Calum..!!

Indeed, very like Wester-Ross in places but a bit busier apart from midge-wise.

Great photos Calum.
I particularly like the the last one.

Got caught up in the Albertville rush hour this morning then slogged across the Autoroutes to the Pyrenees ready for fun roads tomorrow.



and looking across towards the Vercors (I think...)

Great photos as always Calum!
Love the "rush hour" shot

Post breakfast...the view from the hotel room window



Just got to get the finger out, get packed up and on the road again

Brilliant shots as usual Calum 🤓 Hope it's not as hot as it was for us last year crossing Spain! Enjoy the event 😋

Thanks Jay. Looking like about 30 degrees for Spain so about 54 degrees colder than the Autobahn in Germany last week!

Day two and three.

We left La Farlede accompanied by Raphael and Odile in the 4/4 Anniversary and mad a dash along the Autoroute to the golf club at Pont Royal. Brilliant sunshine and a pleasant and rather ample lunch. We then bid farewell to our friends and continued our boring dash along the Autoroute being blasted by an ever stronger Mistral. We finally paused for the night in a small village of Villeneuve de Riviere where we were booked for the night at L'Hostellerie des Cèdres. Heavy rain overnight but we parted in a very cool morning with the hood down and the heater on.

This was once again another 500km mainly on Autoroute but this time we passed for many kilometres along the rolling hills and forests along the foot Pyrenees; a much more pleasant drive. We had the hood down until we crossed in to Spain and the Atlantic coast where we were greeted by a gentle rain. Naturally this gave rise to a chorus of "The rain in Spain" etc.

Last night and tonight we are at Hotel Verdemar above San Vicente de la Barquera. We stayed here on our last trip coming back from Caramulo. It is a fabulous little hotel with a spa in the lower level and great views of the sea and the mountains. All around are green fields. Alis says it is like Switzerland on the sea.