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Postcard 2 from Norway – Oslo – The Unsupervised Scandy Tour

31/05/2023

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

29/05/2023

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 …

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Postcard 3 from Coniston – The Billy Nine Mates Tour

18/05/2023

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 …

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Postcard 2 from Coniston – The Billy Nine Mates Tour

17/05/202316/05/2023

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 …

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Postcard 1 from Coniston – The Billy Nine Mates Tour

22/05/202316/05/2023

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 …

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Postcard 6 – Last post of the Billy no mates tour of Switzerland

14/05/2023

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 …

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Postcard 5 – Billy no mates tour of Switzerland

13/05/202313/05/2023

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 …

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Postcard 4 – Billy no mates tour of Switzerland

12/05/2023

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 …

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Postcard 3 – Billy no mates tour of Switzerland

10/05/2023

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 …

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Postcard 2 – Billy no mates tour of Switzerland

22/05/202309/05/2023

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 …

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Postcard 1 from Switzerland – The Billy no mates tour

11/05/202308/05/2023

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 …

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Walk – Clay Bank Loop

07/05/202304/05/2023

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 …

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Postcard 12 – Arona to Geneva

04/05/202303/05/2023

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 …

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Postcard 11 – Vernazza to Arona

04/05/202303/05/2023

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 …

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Postcard 10 – Vernazza, Monterosso al Mare and Corniglia

03/05/202302/05/2023

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 …

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