Cake at the Sahnestuberl…

Well, Readers, we are nothing if not predictable – Easyjet willing, we will soon be off to Obergurgl in Austria for our annual two weeks of walking in the meadows and eating cake. Things are a little messed up this year – the lift to the Hohe Mut Alm in the village doesn’t start until 15th July, by which time we will be well used to panting up and down steep hills under our own steam. The temperatures are blessedly low ( at one point they’ll creep above 70 degrees Fahrenheit) which is just as well, as most of the walks are above the treeline) and while some rain is forecast, it’s mostly in the afternoon, so plenty of time for a walk followed by some reading. I have packed two books by Robert Seethaler, an Austrian author who wrote a fantastic book about the Tyrol called ‘A Whole Life’, and who has just published ‘The Café With No Name’, about Vienna, along with Arundhati Roy’s biography of her mother ‘Mother Mary Comes to Me’, and Emily Wilson’s book about what the classics can teach us, so that should keep me going. I will report back! Watch this space!

Baby Marmot