October 21, 2007
- A hike around St Bonnet en Champsaur
My friend Lin and I decided to travel south from Serre Chevalier to take a look at the area known as Champsaur (literal translation, "fields of gold"). My inspiration for the trip was a book of watercolour illustrations by Alexis Nouailhat featuring landscapes in Champsaur and Valgaudemar. We took the RN94 via Savines le Lac [...]
September 26, 2007
- Superb Art Exhibition in Briancon Vauban
If you have any interest in Art at all, go and see the superb exhibition "Escalade Artistique" which brings together a very high standard of painting and sculpture plus some fine art textile pieces and mixed media. The show features work by professional artists with studios in the Hautes Alpes and Piedmont (Italy). A broad [...]
January 14, 2004
- La Grotte du Yeti, Serre Chevalier
Here’s a few words from La Grotte du Yeti’s owner, Clive Day aka Torchy Harper:-
With the changing of control in 2003 came many improvements which now see the Grotte du Yeti as the largest and busiest bar in Serre Chevalier.
Before 2003 the bar was over 90% Dutch in clientele and serving almost exclusively clients [...]
