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>i also recommend the MITV and van der burg dvd's if you want good videos.
My wife already has a lot of Swiss railway DVDs, so we are already quite familiar with the Graubunden region. I will look out for the ones you mention.
I don't know if you've found it yet, but I have created a couple of Swiss centric in the gallery section. I haven't created a contemporary narrow gauge section yet.
David
My wife already has a lot of Swiss railway DVDs, so we are already quite familiar with the Graubunden region. I will look out for the ones you mention.
I don't know if you've found it yet, but I have created a couple of Swiss centric in the gallery section. I haven't created a contemporary narrow gauge section yet.
David
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> got some good tips for my next holiday in Switzerland,
And I haven't forgotten that I've promised a blog entry or two on the railway related parts of the trip; it's just that I still haven't got myself a new PC having given up trying to get parts mail order after two months. Just don't ask about the mail order thing; just combine reasonable order cost, delivery to work address, zealous anti fraud measures at CC company, brain dead supplier stock order system and you get absolutely no chance of getting your ducks in a row to complete the order.
Paul's layout is well worth seeing if you ever get the chance.
David
And I haven't forgotten that I've promised a blog entry or two on the railway related parts of the trip; it's just that I still haven't got myself a new PC having given up trying to get parts mail order after two months. Just don't ask about the mail order thing; just combine reasonable order cost, delivery to work address, zealous anti fraud measures at CC company, brain dead supplier stock order system and you get absolutely no chance of getting your ducks in a row to complete the order.
Paul's layout is well worth seeing if you ever get the chance.
David
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The video clip of the Glacier Express has reminded me that the BBC's Ski Sunday will feature said train in a section of next Sunday's show (that's Feb 10th). One of the presenters did a trek in the alps last summer and last Sunday he had arrived in Zermatt as we all know there's only one way to leave that place in style!
David
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QUOTE Hotel Gruschuna at the end of the plaforms in Filisur. It's the one holiday where my car tends to stay parked outside the hotel for most of the holiday!
I guess you've hiked up to the view point overlooking the Landwasser viaduct more than once or twice then?
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David
I guess you've hiked up to the view point overlooking the Landwasser viaduct more than once or twice then?
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QUOTE Many years ago I also hiked along the 'path' between Preda and Bergun. Quite hard work but very enjoyable with super views of the RhB and a lot of the Albula bridges.
We did that last summer. I plan to write a blog entry once I get a new computer to upload my photos to. I think they must have made the path easier since you last did it. There's only one bit of scree that's a bit dodgy now.
David
We did that last summer. I plan to write a blog entry once I get a new computer to upload my photos to. I think they must have made the path easier since you last did it. There's only one bit of scree that's a bit dodgy now.
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QUOTE It's about 6km - 3.7 miles, mostly downhill from Preda.
We went uphill from Bergun to Preda. I think we took about 2 hours to do it. If you're game, there's a company that hires two wheel scooters for the return journey! No idea how much it costs because we're not brave enough for that.
One thing to consider about the direction of the walk is the default view. Going up the valley you are looking into the head of the valley; going down it's how it opens out. For us this makes the outward and inward legs of any walk quite different.
David
We went uphill from Bergun to Preda. I think we took about 2 hours to do it. If you're game, there's a company that hires two wheel scooters for the return journey! No idea how much it costs because we're not brave enough for that.
One thing to consider about the direction of the walk is the default view. Going up the valley you are looking into the head of the valley; going down it's how it opens out. For us this makes the outward and inward legs of any walk quite different.
David
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