Organising a Ranger camp

This post has already been through several drafts, with titles like “I got my Going Away With licence!” and “I nearly got my Going Away With licence!” but the reality is… I nowhere near got my Going Away With licence. I did organise a Ranger camp single-handedly though, and I’m going to tell you all about… More Organising a Ranger camp

Switzerland 2014: St Beatus Caves, a boat trip and a rainstorm

Welcome back to the last of this long-overdue miniseries on my county trip to Switzerland in the summer of 2014! Today is our last real day. We’ve still got a two-day drive home, which I won’t tell you about because it’s boring (in summary: we sat in a minibus for two days. One old lady… More Switzerland 2014: St Beatus Caves, a boat trip and a rainstorm

Switzerland 2014: Reichenbach Falls & a boat trip on Brienzersee

It’s now Thursday on my 2014 county trip to Switzerland and today we’re off to Reichenbach Falls and we’re going to return to Interlaken on a boat across the Brienzersee. I’ve already covered Anita’s B&B, Monday in the Lauterbrunnen Valley, Tuesday at Our Chalet and Wednesday in Neuchâtel and Yverdon-les-Bains and now it’s Thursday and… More Switzerland 2014: Reichenbach Falls & a boat trip on Brienzersee

Switzerland 2014: My day off in Neuchâtel and Yverdon-les-Bains

Now we’re back on track! This is my county trip to Switzerland in 2014 and after starting in the wrong place, I’m now getting my days in the right order. Today is Wednesday and I’m going solo, off to my adopted home city of Neuchâtel and for a little spa afternoon at Yverdon-les-Bains. The story… More Switzerland 2014: My day off in Neuchâtel and Yverdon-les-Bains