my peers were presenting their projects in class today and one of them, an artist who was in the last year of his undergrad when M Thatcher came into power, was telling us how his experience on Tour du Mont Blanc inspired him.
i was surprised that i did not know about it until today - a 10+ day trek around the French Alps - that's definitely on my wish list.
then read some travellers' accounts on their experience on the links below and my interest waned because it was too much work. the mountain scenery looked gorgeous though.
http://www.walkingthetmb.com/
http://hiking.topicwise.com/doc/?doc_id=11474
but maybe i should start training by carrying a 10 kg backpack while walking across difficult terrain for 6 hours everyday. lol