While many Alpine descents around Switzerland may have been cancelled in 2021 due to continued Covid-19 fears in some areas, this was not the case in Mels, canton St Gallen. The weather was gloriously sunny on Saturday, 18th September as beautifully decorated cows came down from the high pastures to parade past an enthusiastic crowd.

If you could visit somewhere different every month, where would you choose and why, for each month of the year? It might help to say where you would be travelling from. For me, from Europe, where there’s currently snow on the ground I’d choose Australia, for January. Stick me on a flight tomorrow, and I’ll even wear shorts to the airport. If I had to come back to Europe, I’d go to Venice in February, for masquerading in a carnival mask.