Orientation table at La Moliere. Mont Blanc is just to the left of the biggest looking one in the middle !

A lovely day out in the Vercors mountains above Autrans

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September 8th 2014
Last time we visited Autrans in early spring 2003 we had planned to take a trip up into the mountains but failed as we were snowed off, or rather in. This time we were determined and snow was exceedingly unlikely. Bob unloaded Kisbee from the Tandy garage and we set off up the valley on the road signed Sure ski slopes, but any further destination was unknown, as the Carte Touristique I’d picked ... read more

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