Switzerland Archives - Rocky Wanderings

A view from the Treetop Walkway, Neckertal, Switzerland, April 2024. A break from my weekly/daily routine was much needed so, on being given one and…

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Songbirds and serenity in the Canton of St. Gallen

Songbirds and serenity in the Canton of St. Gallen

A view from the Treetop Walkway, Neckertal, Switzerland, April 2024. A break from my weekly/daily routine was much needed so, on being given one and…

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Managing anxiety at altitude

Managing anxiety at altitude

A view of Grindelwald from Rauft. In early February, five weeks after having Covid-19, and two and a half weeks before the threat of war…

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A friend in the forest

A friend in the forest

A view from Bellavista in the Swiss National Park It was time for my Uncle Alec to leave this earthly life behind. He had died…

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Thoughts on snow and slowly-shifting grief

Thoughts on snow and slowly-shifting grief

Le Parc de l’Ariana, Geneva, 1 March 2018 WRITTEN ON 7 MARCH 2018 I love snow! Realising, as I slowly wake up, that the usual…

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The Via Spluga, the Viamala Gorge and Grief

The Via Spluga, the Viamala Gorge and Grief

The Viamala Gorge, Switzerland WRITTEN IN JULY 2016 Setting out on the Via Spluga reminded me, in many ways, of the journey of grief which…

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A birthday and bereavement

A birthday and bereavement

Sunflowers near Jussy, Switzerland, 28 June 2015 WRITTEN ON 28 JUNE 2015 My Dad would have been 67 tomorrow, having eased into his retirement a…

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