Today’s Photo
Every weekday during winter, and occasionally the rest of the year
30 July 2026
There’s huge excitement around the Lac du Chevril, the Tignes dam, at the moment because…
… the Himalayan footbridge is finished,
And crowds of people are crossing it…
To enjoy the view (which they could have got from the road).
But then they come back, looking bewildered. At least the Millennium Bridge leads somewhere. This bridge goes from nowhere to nowhere, and people ask what it’s for.
Here’s the answer: it’s to support the new pipe bringing water across to Tignes from the Grande Sassière mountain. But they thought they might as well make it into a tourist attraction. Who’ll bet they don’t start charging for it next!
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