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Tour of the Matterhorn – Costs

Posted by Mark Richardson on Oct 01, 2021

Costs As always we give details of what we spent for the whole trip, due to accommodation costs it could be done more cheaply or more expensively depending on the choices you make. Spending Essential Insurance Mark £57 Insurance Jacqui £57 Lateral Fl …
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Tour of the Matterhorn – Getting there and back

Posted by Mark Richardson on Oct 01, 2021

Getting there We left the house at 7.30am on the 17th September and drove to Manchester Airport for a 9.00am Easyjet flight to Geneva. Progress through the airport was fairly normal, I think fewer travellers offset any additional time for Covid checks and the flight left on time at 11.00am. A new policy at Easyjet specified cabin luggage as only 45 x 30 x 20cm so we booked a hold bag …
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Tour of the Matterhorn – Trip Report

Posted by Mark Richardson on Oct 01, 2021

In September 2021 I would have loved to travel to Nepal, I’ve backpacked in many places around the world but never been there – it’s a serious omission that I was determined to sort out, but that was before the pandemic. September 2021 then was allocated to a trip to Scotland. In August a window of opportunity opened to visit Switzerland, my partner and I were both double jabbed and we …
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