Well, a wet day had to happen sometime. It started raining heavily just after we arrived at Buochs campsite, just SE of Lucern and hasn't really stopped for the last 18 hours. Still, we've not had much rain, almost none in the daytimes and the forecast is good again after

The torrent, swollen by the melting snow, plunges into a tremendous abyss, from which the spray rolls up like the smoke from a burning house. The shaft into which the river hurls itself is an immense chasm, lined by glistening coal-black rock, and narrowing into a creaming, boiling pit of

From Bönigen campsite, across the Brienzer sea Plan is to head down to Bönigen, just a mile or so east of Interlaken for the weekend, but the TCS campsite that takes camping cheques is fully booked for Friday and Saturday nights. Given the apparent fullness of other sites we passed

The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) has 4 World Centres: Pax Lodge in central London, Our Cabaña near Mexico City, Sangam in Poona, India and Our Chalet nestling high in the alps above the resort town of Adelboden here in Switzerland. Liz has visited Pax Lodge

Strewth, it's a scorcher. Probably 26 Celsius here in Bern today and full, baking sun in a clear sky makes it just that wrong side of pleasant heat. Took the bus from the campsite into central Bern - my German just about running to the "zwie zum bahnhoff, bitte" required

Just beofre we left the UK we stumbled across Camping Cheques (www.champingcheque.co.uk) - cautious of a good deal we bought a few as a trial. Looks like here in Switzerland they are brilliant, the Morges and Bern sites should be just over £30 per night at this

Left Morges today to go to Bern. But, of course, a circumnavigation of Lake Geneva just has to be done. The north shore down to Geneva was pleasant, but Geneva - wow! As you come in from the north shore you see the large water fountains and the town centre

Mostly holidays are great rushes of things, "quick we must get to town before the museum closes", "we need to press on to make the campsite by dusk" etc. Today was the opposite. When we eventually got up we took a leisurely stroll round the campsite to photograph some of

In a tiny cemetry at Tolochenaz, just a mile or so above the campsite here in Morges, lies the grave of Audrey Hepburn. We strolled over after tea tonight and in the deserted cemetery laid a single wild flower on her grave. An icon to so many, including our own

Madame Crosier, THANK YOU! You may never read this but your hospitality this afternoon was fantastic. You might have guessed the semi-drunk group of 5 Americans (all working in Geneva) and two English (both on holiday) had visited one or two wineries before stumbling on yours. However, yours was the