Peberdoo's Blog

Although I have been climbing for years (mostly sports climbing) Via Ferrata is not something I was aware of until I got to Switzerland. It is a form of climbing where there are wires, hand holds and foot holds of iron placed into the wall. While this is a little...

Until recently I was one of those walkers who would turn their nose up whenever they saw someone with walking poles going along a trail. I never saw the use of them until just recently. This week my wife and I completed the Tour du Mont Blanc. The 170km walk...

The Grand Massif is a great place for skiing and summer activities and the season pass is the best way to enjoy it. When choosing where you want to spend your season skiing from the lake Geneva region you have a few options with the 4 Vallees in Switzerland, Port...

A few years ago I got into traithlons in the UK and competed in a few. It was a great thing to train for and gave me so much satification when I finished all three legs of the event. When I came to switzerland I also wanted to get back...

Today is the first race of the Tour du Pays de Vaud for the 2014 season. This series is made up of both a Spring and summer series which have 3 and 5 races respectivly which are held in different villages at 7pm on wednesday evenings. It is a great...

The last weekend in October is when Lausanne becomes the host for a big running event for the second time in the year. Each year Lausanne host two weekends of running, the 20km of Lausanne weekend and the Marathon weekend. The marathon was held this year on Sunday the 27th...

Just recently I travelled from Switzerland to South Africa on KLM flying via Schiphol Airport. I had not heard too many things about KLM and I went with the thought that hearing little about them also means they can not be too bad. On the flight over this...