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Tuesday - Today we're transfering from Chamonix to Saas Fee. We had intended to drive north through the mountain pass into Switzerland. However, about a mile north of Chamonix we find ourselves stuck in a queue of traffic. As we approach the front of the queue, it becomes apparent that the cars we've seen coming the other way are actually cars from our queue that are turning around. When we get to the front of the queue, a nice man tells us that they've decided to dig up the entire road, which will be closed for at least the next couple of hours.
Rather than hang around in the hope that they really do open the road later (they are French after all, so they'll probably go on strike in a couple of hours), we decide to take the only other route to Switzerland, through the Mont Blanc Tunnel, as shown in the photo. It's not exactly a straightforward alternative as it's added about 40 miles to our journey and a one-way ticket through the tunnel costs around £30. Plus we have to pay about a tenner in motorway tolls in Italy.
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