Dwight Peck's personal website
Winter 2013-2014
Dispatches from way, way behind the lines in Switzerland
You may not find this terribly rewarding unless you're included here, so this is a good time for casual and random browsers to turn back before they get too caught up in the sweep and majesty of the proceedings and can't let go.
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First: a peaceful, pleasant autumn, with walks in the forest
Scenes from Féchy, fall 2013 |
Chamois in fog on Poêle Chaud |
Creux d'Enfer, October 2013 |
Scenes of Aubonne, Switzerland |
Mont Tendre, 3 November |
Mont Sâla, 7 November 2013 |
Mont de Bière Devant, 10 Nov. |
Joe & Kristin at La Foirausaz |
Mont Bailly, 23 November |
Grande Rolat forest, 24 November |
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More Féchy views, 25 November |
Then . . . Trento, Bolzano, and Brescia
A ten-day city-hop to the Lago di Garda region of northern Italy, early December 2014
Then . . . some more wintry walks in the forest
Late December hikes |
Wandering in the forest, 22 December |
Christmas snowstorm at Marchairuz |
Hike to Signal de Bougy, 7 January |
Some January hikes |
Chalet Neuf project (1), late January |
More late January hikes |
Mont de Bière in fog, early Feb. |
Chalet Neuf project (2), early Feb. |
Chalet Neuf project (3), mid Feb. |
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Chalet Neuf at last, 19 February |
And then . . . the Big Move to Ollon, 24 February 2014
Settling in in Ollon VD, late February - late April 2014
And finally . . . no more snowshoes for this year, but a few more scenic walks
Verschiez hike above Ollon, 11 March |
Above Villars-sur-Ollon, 23 March |
Back to La Riondaz, 29 March 2014 |
Views of the river Rhône, 2 April |
To the prehistoric fort of Châtel d'Arruffens, 21 April 2014 |
Blustery mid-May snow near Mont Tendre |
What's next?
As we type, Kristin's gone to Rome to congregate with family, and we'll meet up in Bologna in five days' time for another five days of hysterical fun in and around that city. Then some Grindelwald hiking with Oscar and Cathy, then in mid-June Kristin's off for the USA, where again we'll meet up if the ice has cleared off the lake by late July. We have every reason to hope that Marlowe and Alison, with their respective senior aides, will show up to persiflate with us in the Wisconsin Northwoods.
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