The drive from Trevoux via Lyon to St Gervais, started by getting lost at the first roundabout. As you may imagine, this cheered your correspondent no end, as I looked forward to the rest of the four hour journey. Wendy the Navigator and Cusco the Chief Spaniel both denied any responsibility and to prove his innocence Cusco went to sleep. We knew we were heading into big mountains, but the route at first was just a slow meander up gentle hills and slopes, giving no impression that The Alps were imminent. Until, that is, we bypassed Geneva, headed east, went round a corner, joined Le Autoroute Blanche and knock me down with a bowling ball, there was Mont Blanc in all it’s gorgeous glory, surrounded by a ring of smaller but no lesser mountains. We even
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