Swiss Grand Tour

Mountain streams tumble this way and that to create a lush wetland of moss and wiry grass disrupted by a flurry of pink thistle and yellow ragwort.

Suddenly, in the remote stillness, we're aware of being watched. Our gaze diverts from the elongated valley of the Susasca to a damp log nuzzled in the bedraggled grass right by our side. There, we see a set of beady eyes, then a damp nose. Finally emerging from its residence, a marmot greets us. Enamoured by our new friend and his many cousins who follow, it's a long interval before we make the lengthy descent to Susch and the Engadin Valley.

from Swiss Grand Tour, Practical Motorhome, 2019