Alps

We are at Macugnaga Natural Camping in Macugnaga, just to the south of Monte Rosa in the Pennine Alps near the border with Switzerland.

Macugnaga sounds like the kind of place name that the children in Swallows and Amazons would have made up.

We, well I [Andy], pre-booked for two nights. I have no idea why. We are almost the only people on the site and the weather is pretty foul. The site doesn’t look anything like the pictures on the website. Hopefully by tomorrow afternoon things will start improving - fingers crossed. But so far it is wet and cold. We are desperately trying to think of wet weather things to do up here tomorrow but our options are somewhat limited.

The clouds briefly parted earlier and it looks like we are not that far below the snow line.

We drove here along the western bank of Lago Maggiore which was beautiful. Some very expensive looking hotels, especially in Stresa. Then a short walk, more or less in the dry, before arriving here.Read more