Lake Geneva and the Alps

Our trip to Geneva was rather unplanned, just show up, pick up a car and drive around, stopping and camping where we liked. We stayed the first two nights in Lausanne and went for a good walk in the hills on Friday. It was a great day and perfect for a deviation from the marked track and conquering a mountain.

Josh, Kelley and Helen on the grassy base, just before the steep stuff.



A bit of scrambling was called for at times.



Breaking the psychological barrier - hitting the snow



View from the top, towards Lake Geneva



More from the top.



It was nice to be out and about in the countryside which was very peaceful apart from the constant clanging of animal bells.



We were kind of lucky and kind of unlucky with the weather, all days bar the last were quite nice but all nights bar the first it rained. It was a bit frustrating constantly having wet tents in the morning.

After a wander through Gruyere, we took to the hills again, this time the cheat's way in a high gondola.



View from the walk back down, thanks to Josh for the intruding snowball.



We were a bit sore after a couple of days of hill walking but we managed a long walk on our final afternoon through some vineyards.



It rained again on our final night and was still raining in the morning which was frustrating but it had been a relaxing and interesting trip away so none of us were too upset.