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Our summer hikes are now online and ready to book. If you are heading to Morzine or the surrounding area this July and August, why not try a guided hike with us? All day hikes with beautiful views, art themed hikes, hiking and yoga.... see our newsletter ad our website for all you need to know https://shoutout.wix.com/so/faOyFsUz6?languageTag=en

How to make Dandelion ‘Honey’

2 cups (100 g) fresh dandelion flowerheads, densely packed
2 slices lemon
1.5 cups (350 ml) water
about 1.5 cups (300 g) organic sugar
Shake or blow the flowers to remove any bugs

Place the water, lemon slices and dandelion flowers in a saucepan
Simmer with a lid on for 15 minutes
Leave this to cool and infuse overnight
The next day, strain out the flowers and lemon by pouring the liquid through a strainer or muslin cloth. Press down to make sure you get all of that dandelion juice out!
Weigh the liquid, and then weigh out the same amount sugar.
Put the liquid back in the pan and add the sugar. Stir and heat gently at first until the sugar is dissolved. Then bring it up to a gentle boil for approximately 15-25 minutes.
Test it on a cool plate so that it wrinkles slightly when pushed with your finger.
Pour into a clean sterilised jar and put the lid on while it's still hot

Due to the popularity of my dandelion 'honey' post, I thought I would post some other easy to identify plants that you can use in everyday meals. But first, some simple foraging rules:
1. Correctly identify your plant before picking it
2. Choose a safe place away from a main road - also away from road pollution
3. Choose a clean area away from popular dog walks, so not directly next to a path
4. If picking from a field, be sure it hasn't been sprayed recently
5. Don't trespass
6. Don't pull plants out by the roots - just trim the bits you need
7. Always rinse plants before eating
8. Always leave some plants for the bees and other insects, they are d**g an important job of pollinating
Happy foraging!

Now is the time for spring foraging in the Alps. 🌼🌱 at the end of last week I made a heap of dandelion honey, being careful to leave enough for the bees 🐝 and early butterflies 🦋
I also saw garlic mustard (last picture) - also known as Jack by the hedge.

There is also wild garlic about - look for shady places near streams. 🌱.

Happy spring everyone. Thank you for your huge support this winter and hope to see you in July for some Summer Walks.

Viv, Jason and Gaia x

For those that have heard us talk about the beautiful Bearded Vulture, a chick had been born to the nest on the cliffs nest to Avoriaz
"Hatching continues. The Morzine chick was born recently.
Please continue to respect the ZSM.
Rearing in the nest by the parents lasts approximately 4 months, the time for this chick to grow to its adult size during its first flight."

Our final snowshoe of the 23/24 winter season was an absolute show stopper. Thank you to Laura and family for an excellent excuse to go up the mountain to see this! 🌄❄️👣💙

Our lovely group on our last Open Group Snowshoe of the season. We even had bonus untracked fresh snow to walk in 💙❄️👣🌞

We weren't at work today but went climbing in the sunshine instead. Had a lot of attention from these who just got closer and closer! I counted 13 at one point close to us but there were still more higher up.
How fabulous are these?!

🇬🇧Such a lovely spring walk today to the beautiful Alpage of Graydon. I love this picture of Bear although can't decide if he has just descended from heaven or about to be beamed up! As we were by the Chapel, I guess it's the former!
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🇫🇷Une si belle ballade printanière aujourd'hui vers le magnifique Alpage de Graydon. J'adore cette photo de Bear, même si je ne peux pas décider s'il vient de descendre du ciel ou s'il est sur le point d'être téléporté ! Comme nous étions près de la Chapelle, je suppose que c'est la première !

We started in the rain and finished in the snow. When a ski resort closes for the season it means it gives us a new place to snowshoe so that's what we did! Thanks to Sam, Debs, Kath and Richard for being so intrepid. I hope you've dried out now!
Ps, I think we broke the dog...

On Monday we were walking in an incredibly snowy cloud but it meant that we were making fresh tracks and the snow was perfect for snow angels!

Nothing to see here, just a gentle snowshoe walk through fab snow watching spring emerge 🌼🌞

This is our final week of open group walks so do come and join us!
Monday - Introduction to Snowshoeing
Wednesday - Spring Hike
Friday - Snowshoe and fondue
All information and booking here
https://bookwhen.com/daysawayadventures

It was a really cold wind for our sunset snowshoe last night but sooo beautiful and the brand new snow was amazing. Thank you to and Mags 💙❄️👣🌄

🇫🇷 Il y avait un vent très froid pour notre raquette au coucher du soleil hier soir, mais c'était tellement beau et la toute nouvelle neige était incroyable.

It was super snowy up the mountain today but nothing beats snowshoeing in fresh snow ❄️
Thank you to and 💙

Blessed with snow, sunshine, laughter and a sun halo, we had a fantastic time on the snow this morning. Thank you ladies

Aaamazing sunset last night. Did you see it?

Thank you for the photos and a great week with you 🌄💜❄️👣

2 of our favourite clients*, sunshine and with cheese from Also featuring alpine crocuses, a group of 47(!) chamois, golden eagles and the beautiful Lac des Min d'or 💚❄️👣
*OK we have a lot of favourite clients but those that great you with a hug are our favouritist 😍

We took a lot of photos yesterday! Here are some of them on our sunny silly snowshoe (sliding was optional but everyone did it!)

Both fabulous and silly photos from from our snowshoe yesterday. As you can tell it was all very serious 😁🙌❄️💗

We waited until the rain stopped then headed out and got the bonus of a sunset 🌄. One of the best things is taking out returning clients and getting a big hug from them because almost all of our clients are actually just new friends 💗.
Can see the dragon in the clouds in the last photo 🐲??

It was our this morning. A lovely wander under the impressive Terres Maudites watching spring bloom then drinking coffee at the wonderful .crapahute
Thank you Antoinette, Jasper and Cecilia 🌞❄️👣☕️

Announcement: because of the forecast of rain tomorrow morning, our snowshoe walk tomorrow will now start at 3pm when the sun comes out again🌞. You can book directly here:

Monday - Introduction to Snowshoeing - Booking by Bookwhen BOOKING PAGE To see dates and tickets of all our walks, please scroll down, choose the date(s) you require, choose the ticket(s) you require and press the 'checkout' button PAGE DE RÉSERVATION Pour voir les dates et les billets de toutes nos promenades, veuillez faire défiler la page, choisir la o...

🫕 brought to you today with super strong fondue (with a superb cheese mix from 🧀), lots of laughter and Paula's birthday 🍾. Such a fun group. Thank you to Tony, Paul, Aram & Jack, Mark & Elise and Paula for a fun day out!

No. 1 of Tours and Activities in Morzine ⭐️.
T H A N K Y O U to everyone who has left us a review ❤️ and if you haven't quite got around to put yet, I'll pop the link on stories.
In the meantime, we are still heading out on our snowshoe walks until 12th April ❄️👣

No. 1 of Tours and Activities in Morzine ⭐️. T H A N K Y O U to who has left us a review ❤️ and if you haven't quite got around to put yet, this is the link
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g207359-d21152975-Reviews-DaysAway_Adventures-Morzine_Portes_du_Soleil_Haute_Savoie_Auvergne_Rhone_Alpes.html

When Holly came on a snowshoe with me last week, I learnt of her charity challenge event this summer where she will be hiking 100km in the to raise funds for the amazing charity 🎀. Snowshoeing is good training for hiking and I gave her lots of training tips to help her succeed. I decided to donate her snowshoe fee to me back to her to raise money for this really important charity. Even more pertinent to me today as I went for my mammogram ♀️.

I'll pop a link to her fundraising page below just in case you, like me, have friends going through breast cancer treatment and want to help the research which helps women fight this dreadful disease 💗

https://www.justgiving.com/page/holly-mckinlay-1705431891156?utm_medium=fundraising&utm_content=page%2Fholly-mckinlay-1705431891156&utm_source=whatsapp&utm_campaign=pfp-whatsapp

🇬🇧 After a busy few weeks it was a real pleasure to spend time with Marcella from in the beautiful Vallée de la Manche this morning in both sunshine and new snow! 💗❄️👣
We have plenty of space this week if you would like to discover the peace of nature in the mountains ⛰️
🇫🇷 Après quelques semaines bien remplies, c'était un plaisir de passer du temps avec Marcella de dans la magnifique Vallée de la Manche ce matin sous le soleil et la neige fraîche ! 💗❄️👣

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ufb50nnJJdk&si=3IPIS85x9u1CoyBr
🇬🇧This was our beautiful sunset snowshoe last Thursday. Fresh snow and clear skies 🌄. You can join us every week until the end of season.
🇫🇷 Un très belle coucher de soleil 🌄 la semaine dernière. Rejoindre nous chaque semaine jusqu'à la fin de la saison.❄️👣

winter sunset snowshoe 1080 A beautiful clear sky in the Alps for a sunset snowshoe walk in early March 2024.

Sharing with these amazing ladies who joined me for somewhere off the beaten track!
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Je partage la avec ces dames extraordinaires qui m'ont rejoint pour le quelque part hors des sentiers battus !