The Plan

We are off on the ferry bound for Caen then we drive across France to Switzerland at Basel and on to St Gallen. We have an overnight stop in Burnhaupt-le-Haut along the way.
After 5 nights with our friends in St Gallen we set off once again via Geneva and an overnight stop in Charolles in France then arrive in Jard-sur-Mer on the next day.
After 2 weeks there we drive to St Malo for two nights before getting the ferry home.

Friday, 26 August 2011

Friday 26th August 2011


Last morning and breakfast with Derrick & Karen
~the end of the first lovely part of our holiday~





Motorway services south of Zurich


Motorway services at Gruyère









Vineyards at Lake Geneva









We are at the hotel in Charolles now; more on that later....... very tired...... I had written a load when the hotel wi-fi dropped me and lost it al :-(

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Thursday, 25 August 2011

Thursday 25th August 2011

Local walk today


We walked along the local Pannoramaweg and this was the view

Derrick and Winston


Looking across towards Derrick & Karen's work building


Local meadow


Snake Tree


Percy by the Snake Tree


Two old friends take a rest in the shade




Winston & Bennie enjoy a cool pool in a stream


An arty but very useful water fountain



Heading back into Engelburg




Engelburg Church


Nearly back at the house

Another really hot and sunny day, misty start after the overnight storm but must be 30 degrees again this afternoon.
Karen had a very early start today as she had 130+ sitting English exams. Derrick was able to take most of the day off which has been lovely. We went off on this lovely local walk for an hour and a half or so and stopped at a pub for lunch on the way back.
Shame we are off on our route across Switzerland tomorrow as it's been a lovely week with excellent company and brilliant weather.

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Wednesday, 24 August 2011

Wednesday 24th August 2011

Mountain Walking Day



An Appenzeller Train


The shadow of our cable car as we set off from Jakobsbad
Align Center

Two shadows as we pass the other gondola coming down


The view from the top at the Kronberg looking down at Jakobsbad


Our gondola returning to Jakobsbad but with engineers and a heap of tools
~guess they do some maintenance in the day~


Wanderweg sign posts, they measure the distance in time to walk rather than distance.


Percy admiring the scenery before we set off





Berghaus Schiedegg, where we had been aiming for for brunch
We had rostii and cheese plus a pint of apfelsaft



The Santiis range of mountains



Goats sensibly in the shade; it was 32 degrees again today apparently


Where we had walked from












Where we had walked from!


Where we had walked from!
~Way off in the distance~





Where we had walked from!
~last view from this angle~



Where we had walked from!!!!!
~Right up the top there - now we are nearly down into Appenzell~

On the train from Appenzell back to Jakobsbad


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