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squiz Member  Member#: 994 Location: CARDIFF Registered: 26-09-2004 Diary Entries: 4 Mood: UP FOR IT |
5th February 2013 Hiking - Walking: Cascades de Nyon & Thonon-Les-Bains Wind Direction: Wind Stength: Surf / Sea State: Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: rain the snow + gale force winds :( Max Speed: Distance Covered: Woke to awful day at Morillon, low cloud and rain but top night in van – toasty as mild outside. After breakfast we packed van without going outside, moved a bit closer to lift to fill up our water container from trough before heading off in the direction of Cluse. It seemed to brighten up so thought we would walk at the Cirque at Sixt, so headed to the supermarket on the way to Samoens for provisions but when we came out the weather had turned again so drove to Taninges. We decided to go to Morzine and see if we could find the hotel we stayed in with our boys for a paragliding holiday in the summer fifteen years ago. So took the very beautiful road up to Les Gets passing a great mountain stream in full flow:) We passed through Les Gets, didn’t look that great a ski resort but at least no high rise!!! Then on to Morzine, we spent awhile looking for the hotel with no success (but we think we tracked it down on the piste map). Seeing a sign for a cascade at Nyon we headed there and parked by the river for cuppa soup:) With the snow falling nicely now we walked the slippery path to the cascade which was lovely but not good weather for taking pics:( Set off again driving down the gorge to Lac Lemon past where Rob and I had a great white-water raft in 1998 (Dan was just too young :( ) We parked on the nice lac side prom at Thonon-Les-Bains and walked to the port/marina as the wind increased!!! We saw loads of Goosanders, tufted ducks and grebes in the rough lac, the square by the marina was lovely with lots of pollarded trees. Back to the van for coffee and cake then looked for somewhere to park for the night out of the wind just up the lac at Vongy but after driving through a huge industrial estate couldn’t find it so decided to head for Lac de Nantua . It took us a long time to reach the motorway at the other side of Geneva and when we did the conditions were horrendous!!!! :( heavy snow and strong winds had reduced the road to single carriage way. We decided it was not worth the risk driving off the motorway to the Lac and would stop over night at the next services which is when the road came to a grinding holt as they closed the carriageway completely just by the Nantua exit!!! We were lucky enough to get to the slip road for the Nantua aire and managed to drive past the full lorry park to the car section in deep snow and park up - we were all but stuck in the snow but thought we have our snow chains and hopefully the road will be cleared in the morning??? We hadn’t been here long when loads of ploughs/gritters cleared the car park – I think this is a turning point for the ploughs, so fingers crossed we will be alright in the morning??? Photo Gallery here |
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