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#12 Back to the UK, the joys of Brexit
After getting to France, we discovered that we needed to go back to the UK to sort our visas. We had our work permits through but needed to apply at the French Consulate in London. As a top tip for anyone applying for a French work visa: there is a blip in the France Visas… Read more
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#11 The off-season in the Alps
A summary: 1) Shops are open very rarely. 2) There are wonderfully no people around. 3) Not actually an off season thing, but Amazon deliveries take over a week to get to us now, even with Amazon Prime, so we spend a lot less! 4) Getting to know the mountains the mountains before they turn… Read more
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#10: Hiking “Expert” Alpine Routes… and a dog named Pinot
Paper maps or digital? Compass on your phone or physical? Packing an emergency pick axe or winging the route? We both grew up in families where these weren’t even questions that you thought about: physical, hard copy maps, compasses, binoculars, emergency survival kit – everything was packed and taken. As a result, we usually go… Read more
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#9: Vehicle debacles – right is not always right!
*Disclaimer* – none of the photos in this article were taken while driving! If there was one piece of advice that would have been useful to know before we moved to France, it would have been to leave our car behind to start with. Lulled into a false sense of security by other people’s stories… Read more
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#8: Running the Alps – Novices
The last few weeks before moving to France were quite hectic but we did a reasonable job of making time to train, whether running, kayaking, lifting packed boxes, running up and down the stairs with bags, or actually making it to the gym. With this in mind, we were quietly confident on arrival into Tignes.… Read more
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#7: First Trip Away
Tom’s mum always said to us that it wouldn’t feel like home until we’d been away and come back. As we don’t have too much time before work kicks off, we took an overnight trip to Chamonix – well sort of, we stayed an hour outside of Chamonix in a tiny settlement called Cordon (not… Read more
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