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An Alpine Adventure

The local PR lady explained that she had chosen to book me in to Hotel Tennerhof as that is where Ian Fleming had stayed. I was flattered that she had recognised my James Bond-like qualities, and thanked her for so doing. She looked bemused: “I chose it because Mr Fleming was English – like you.”

The room Fleming allegedly stayed in – when the place was a private house rather than what it is now, a charming boutique five-star hotel –

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