Rupert Parker spends a few days hiking in the Swiss Alps using Champéry as the base.

Rupert Parker takes part in a wine and food marathon through the Valais vineyards at the Marathon Des Saveurs

Ordinarily, it would take over 24 hours to heat this oven, so I was pretty fortunate it was good and ready by the time I got there. I was here to work, and work I did. After all, you can’t make proper mountain rye bread in Erschmatt without breaking a proper sweat.