Postcard 2 from Norway – Oslo – The Unsupervised Scandy Tour
Today is a wall to wall sunshine, bike hire (again) and ferries sort of day. I leave the SmartHotel as they’ve quadrupled their prices as the town is flooded with …
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Postcard 1 from Norway – Oslo – The Scandy Tour
The original plan was to fly in to Bergen, wander the streets and take a cable car up the mountain but I was beaten to the peak by the pilgrim …
Postcard 3 from Coniston – The Billy Nine Mates Tour
Today is a slow day. We have a five miler planned, it’s mostly flat although we will discover that there is a bit of ‘up’ this will achieve our aerobic …
Postcard 2 from Coniston – The Billy Nine Mates Tour
The Yorkshire Dales, National Park post on Facebook encourages us to use nature to reduce anxiety. Maybe things are different in Cumbria! The plan is to walk to Brown Pike …
Postcard 1 from Coniston – The Billy Nine Mates Tour
So Switzerland is a memory and after a brief stop off to wash my smalls and talk to the dog, I’m back on the road again. Millie gave me one …
Postcard 6 – Last post of the Billy no mates tour of Switzerland
Today was a wonderful day with my own personal guide to show me around Geneva. It begins with a natural move in bed, just changing position and my toe rubs …
Postcard 5 – Billy no mates tour of Switzerland
Hergiswil, Interlaken Ost, Zweisimmen, Montreux and Geneva The Interrail Planner App is on fire today. It wants to route me to Geneva through Bern and miss out all the good …
Postcard 4 – Billy no mates tour of Switzerland
So, it’s wet. Yesterday was great though so the yings and the yangs are in balance. I take my time with breakfast which is part of the deal and it …
Postcard 3 – Billy no mates tour of Switzerland
Luzern, Kriens, Pilatus Kulm, Oberhaupt and Hergiswil The train drops us smoothly into the centre of Luzern (if you’re looking it up try Lucerne) and I make my way out …
Postcard 2 – Billy no mates tour of Switzerland
The weather forecast could be better but the morning seems promising so I’ve been on the app and booked tickets to Luzern. It’s the 9:15 change at Orten and only …
Postcard 1 from Switzerland – The Billy no mates tour
The Ireland, Italy, and Geneva Interrail adventure is just a memory, but the reality is it’s only a fortnight ago and in between was the wonderful Costa Music festival in …
Walk – Clay Bank Loop
This is hugely different to what I’ve been doing over the last few weeks. At the beginning and well up the stone path to Carr Ridge, spring is displaying her …
Postcard 12 – Arona to Geneva
All goes well with planning the Arona to Geneva trip with only one change of trains at Stresa. The wait is slightly over an hour so we take the opportunity …
Postcard 11 – Vernazza to Arona
Easypeasy, hmmm – but not everything goes to plan!.Do we go direct to Geneva. Well we could! We could always take in an Italian lake, after all, I’ve never been …
Postcard 10 – Vernazza, Monterosso al Mare and Corniglia
Cecilia had been talking about the Cinque Terra part of Italy for some time. I can’t describe my expectations as I’m not sure I had any but the one thing …