View from Bort track

View over farmland to the Upper Glacier from track to Bort

July 22nd 2011
The weather has improved somewhat and although it’s not a clear and sunny day, it isn’t raining. We caught the busy Grosse Scheidegg bus up as far as the Vogel Park (a mountain bird sanctuary) which is about 2/3rds way up the hill. We walked up the road further and took the 1600m track across the hills and on up to Bort. A lot of it was uphill, some through forest, over streams and steepish ... read more

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These blogs were started to record our Europe May to August 2011 trip. The Blogs were great for us to diary each day, for others to follow and for us to review when back home. Several have been published into personal books. And so it has continued adding: Europe - Italy,Switzerland, France, 2011 The Hurunui High Country Walk 2011. Tasmania 2012 Europe 2013 - Austria, Switzerland, France and Ireland. Alps2Ocean and Clutha Bike Trails 2014 A Christmas in Switzerland and Germany 2014 Biking the Danube, the Italian Dolomites and Austrian Lakes 2015 Vancouver, Lake Chelan (Washington S... full info

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