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The road twisted and turned, taking us further and further up the valley. Finally, we arrived at the lakeside campsite, a peaceful spot with spectacular mountain views all around us. Well, peaceful apart from the constant ringing of cow bells! We headed to the café for a snack before setting up our pitch. The pitches with electric for vans were on a bit of a slope, so after a fair bit of to-ing and fro-ing, we eventually managed to get the van level using crocs and a pocket spirit level! (There were a few areas for tents which were perfectly...

We wanted to find a good base to camp near Courmayeur, with easy access to the Tour Du Mont Blanc walks. We arrived late on a Friday night. The first two sites we checked out seemed really busy so we tried one more, a little further away. It was just perfect. We checked into Camping La Sorgente. The pitches had plenty of space. There was a mix of campers, large and small, family tents and lots of hike tents. There were two toilet blocks, both immaculate, with free hot showers. And the views were unreal!  Oh, and the site rents...

Lavachey to Rifugio Elena We checked out of Camping Monte Bianco La Sorgente late morning and drove up the long, twisty road to Lavachey, hoping to find a parking spot. Luckily, we managed to grab one of the last spaces. By then it was almost lunchtime, so we decided to have a picnic by the river before setting off on our walk. After lunch, we started walking up the hairpin road. As we climbed, the road gradually straightened out, opening up to huge mountain views, with cattle grazing on either side. We passed the Val Ferret Refuge and continued on, stopping...

Peuterey to Elisabetta We were camping at Campeggio Monte Bianco, which made it the perfect starting point for walking the Peuterey to Elisabetta section of the Tour du Mont Blanc. We left the campsite on foot, following a path through the trees and along the river. Finding the start of the trail was a little tricky, but eventually we picked up the TMB yellow signs. The walk at first was very quiet, we passed a few families out for a walk from the campsite. Then we joined the river which roared along beside the path. We crossed it and followed...

Bill bought two Signature Solo Thermal PACMATs to use on his bike packing trip in July. When he got home he sent us a few pictures of them in use.  "We had a great holiday and used the mats a lot.Really handy and versatile." And here's a list of all the other bits he took with him: OEX phox2 Hubba Hubba NX2 Jetboil Small Table  Helinox chair zero  Alpkit stool  Nemo roll mats A couple of old sleeping bags 😀 Feral lightweight tarp - goes over the phlox entrance Cool bag (for beer) Elecaenta 30watt  PV  Battery packs Thermarest pillow ...