Dwight Peck's personal website

Winter 2018-2019

Let's see if we can squeeze through another Year of Trump!



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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Coming off an intangibly rewarding summer on hydrobikes (and pedalboards) in northern Wisconsin, USA . . .

. . . we're home at last and psyching up for another exciting winter season.

Some odds and ends as we decompress from our travels and prepare for a few more

A walk to the Chalet à Roch Dessus, 28 September

Bushwhacking near Perroude du Vaud, 12 October 2018


Northwestern Italy in the autumn

Bobbio in the Val Trebbia, 19-20 October 2018

An afternoon in Piacenza, 21 October 2018

Bobbio, and sightseeing in Brugnello, 22 October

Mondovì in the province of Cuneo, 24 October 2018

Mondovì walkabout, 25 October 2018

Cuneo on a grey afternoon, 26 October 2018

Staffarda Abbey near Saluzzo, 26 October 2018

Albenga on the Ligurian coast, 27 October 2018

Mondovì, and the Sanctuary of Vicoforte, 30 October 2018

Castelvecchio di Rocca Barbena, 30 October 2018

Medieval Zuccarello, 30 October 2018

Bastia frescoes, 31 Oct., Vignale & Lu, 1 Nov.

Acqui Terme, Alessandria province, 1 November 2018

Over the Grand St Bernard to home, 2 November 2018


Seasonal recreations

Crêt de la Neuve, 4 November 2018

Ollon landslide, Nyon & Ollon castles, November 2018

A walk along a very old stone wall, 18 November 2018

L'Arzière hike in a Big Wind Chill, 9 December 2018

Lost, twice, in the forest of Grande Rolat, 16 December

Some snaps of a Christmas Day walk on the Grand Canal

The snowfree snowshoe hike, 30 December 2018

Sightseeing in foul weather, 16 January 2019

A day out in a good buffeting wind, 11 February 2019

Senseless sunlit wanderings in the Jura, 22 February 2019

January-February odds and ends, packing up for the move


A short trip to the Canavese region of northern Italy, February 2019

The Vecchio Mulino B+B, Bairo, 23 February 2019

The Borgo e Rocca Medievale, Torino, 24 February 2019

The Palazzo Madama museum, Torino, 24 February 2019

The Sacro Monte di Belmonte, 25 February 2019

Leaving the Vecchio Mulino -- the Castello di Pavone -- over the Grand St-Bernard, 26 February 2019


Up sticks and off to the New World!

Kristin and Melvin settling in at the Old Y Condo building's former theatre, Staunton VA, USA, 4-13 March 2019

Summer 2019


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