I’m always trying to find new walks to post, but that’s quite difficult at this time of year with all the snow around. Then I remembered that there’s a track on the other side of the mountains opposite us, in the Heremence spur of the Val d’Hérens, which is used for the Grand Raid mountain bike race. I hoped, as it was facing south west and wasn’t at too high an altitude, that it would be clear of snow… Well, it wasn’t, but that didn’t stop me walking up to the wooden buildings at Mandelon.
On the short drive back home, I stopped to take a few pictures of some typical, rustic villages. They’re not quite the ‘chocolate box’ images that you might expect of Switzerland, but they’re beautiful nonetheless. 🙂
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Oh my goodness – now that is a place that I would love to walk around. So beautiful!! 😀
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There are quite a few more walks and views like that around here. Most of my posts only cover our valley, the Val d’Hérens, but there are many others which I should try to explore to share something different. 🙂
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It’s how I think of Switzerland, having been there a few times myself!
I love the message about the best dad. 🙂
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Yes, there are many more sides to Switzerland than people maybe imagine. It’s not all chalets, cheese and chocolate!
I wondered if the ‘dad’ it was intended for, knew it was for him. It’s a tough old climb as I’ve done that section with some friends, though the next section from Evolène over the Pas de Lona to Grimentz is even harder. I don’t know how they do it!
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For a moment in reading your comment, I thought you wrote “more sides to Switzerland than there are people ” 😉
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Well, if you include all the rules and admin that you sometimes have to go through, then that’s possibly true! 😉
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