Mountains have always entranced me – in pictures. I love an inspiring photo of a gorgeous scene as much as the next woman but, to me, they’ve always been something you admire from a distance – and are best kept that way. Never in a million years did I think I could actually make it to the top of one.
I have always taken a similar attitude to walking holidays: nice for other people, but definitely not for me. Give me a beach and a book and you have one happy camper!
This is perhaps influenced by my family. I have two adventurous boys, aged 11 and 13, but also a daughter, aged just two, for whom pottering about on a beach is the ideal holiday and anything more than a toddle can be a stretch. So we have a tendency to stick to the beaten path.
But if the past few years have taught me anything, it’s to seize the day and make the most of opportunities that arise, so when my family and I were invited to explore the Bavarian Alps, we decided, why not?
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