01 August 1981

Zermatt, Switzerland

The drive around to Zermatt looked relatively simple ..  back down to the Rhone valley, up to Brig and then up to Zermatt.

the reality was that the roads were all narrower and therefore slower. As we approached the end of the valley, we arrived at Tasch..  the road ended here .. we had heard that Zermatt was electric vehicles only, but did not realise that it would start so far down the valley.

Looking around there was very little at Tasch .. on small grocery shop - closed for the afternoon, and an enormous car park in a series of fields.

Luckily we had spotted a camp-site on the way in - in the village before - this would become our base, and we would return several times over the years to come.